¹ Praise Yah! Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

² Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, or fully declare all his praise?

³ Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

⁴ Remember me, Jehovah, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers did not understand your wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, 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 known.

⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

¹² Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

¹³ They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,

¹⁴ but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

¹⁵ He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸ A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

²⁰ Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

²¹ They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.

²⁴ Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,

²⁵ but murmured in their tents, and did not listen to Jehovah's voice.

²⁶ Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

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

²⁸ They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

³¹ That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

³³ because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

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

³⁵ but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

³⁶ They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

³⁷ Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

³⁸ They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

³⁹ Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore Jehovah burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

⁴³ Many times he delivered 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 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, Jehovah, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

BOOK V

⁴⁸ Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Jehovah!