“1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good:
for his mercy [endureth] for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of
the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise? 3 Blessed [are] they that
keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times. 4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy
people: O visit me with thy salvation; 5 That I may see the good of thy
chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may
glory with thine inheritance.”
“6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we
have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at
the sea, [even] at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his
name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He
rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through
the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the
hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the
enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of
them left. 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.”
“13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16
They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of
Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up
the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten
image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox
that eateth grass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done
great things in Egypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and]
terrible things by the Red sea. 23 Therefore he said that he would
destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them]. 24 Yea, they
despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: 25 But murmured
in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. 26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the
wilderness: 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to
scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked [him] to anger
with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood
up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed. 31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for
evermore. 32 They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it
went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his
spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.”
“34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD
commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their
works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And
shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land
was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works,
and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath
of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his
own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and
they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed
them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many
times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel,
and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded
their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them
his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to
give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise. 48
Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and
let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.” (Psalm 106:1-48 AV)
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