¹ Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

² Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?

³ Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,

⁵ That I may see the prosperity 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 lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious 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 a 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 adversaries; 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 Jehovah.

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 a molten image.

²⁰ Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

²¹ They forgat God their Saviour, Who 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 Jehovah.

²⁶ Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

²⁷ And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

²⁸ They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; 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 reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.

³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

³³ Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

³⁵ But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

³⁶ And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

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 works, And played the harlot in their doings.

⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations; 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 were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:

⁴⁵ And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.

BOOK V

⁴⁸ Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah.