1Praise ye the Lord.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
3Blessed are they that keep judgment,
4Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people:
5That I may see the good of thy chosen,
6We have sinned with our fathers,
7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up:
10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
11And the waters covered their enemies:
12Then believed they his words;
13They soon forgat his works;
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
15And he gave them their request;
16They envied Moses also in the camp,
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
18And a fire was kindled in their company;
19They made a calf in Horeb,
20Thus they changed their glory
21They forgat God their saviour,
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
25But murmured in their tents,
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them,
27To overthrow their seed also among the nations,
28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:
30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment:
31And that was counted unto him for righteousness
32They angered him also at the waters of strife,
33Because they provoked his spirit,
34They did not destroy the nations,
35But were mingled among the heathen,
36And they served their idols:
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons
38And shed innocent blood,
39Thus were they defiled with their own works,
40Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people,
41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen;
42Their enemies also oppressed them,
43Many times did he deliver them;
44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,
45And he remembered for them his covenant,
46He made them also to be pitied
47Save us, O Lord our God,
48Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: