Psalms

Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good;+

His loyal love endures forever.+

 2 Who can fully declare Jehovah’s mighty acts

Or proclaim all his praiseworthy deeds?+

 3 Happy are those who act with justice,

Who always do what is right.+

Take care of me with your acts of salvation,

 5 So that I may enjoy the goodness you show your chosen ones,+

That I may rejoice along with your nation,

That I may proudly praise* you along with your inheritance.

 6 We have sinned just as our forefathers did;+

We have done wrong; we have acted wickedly.+

They did not remember your abundant loyal love,

But they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.+

 8 But he saved them for the sake of his name,+

To make his mightiness known.+

 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;

He led them through its depths as through a desert;*+

10 He saved them from the hand of their foe+

And reclaimed them from the hand of the enemy.+

11 The waters covered their adversaries;

Not one of them survived.*+

12 Then they had faith in his promise;+

They began to sing his praise.+

13 But they quickly forgot what he did;+

They did not wait for his counsel.

14 They gave way to their selfish desires in the wilderness;+

They tested God in the desert.+

15 He gave them what they requested,

But then struck them with disease that made them* waste away.+

16 In the camp they grew jealous of Moses

And of Aaron,+ the holy one of Jehovah.+

17 The earth then opened up and swallowed Daʹthan

And covered those assembled with A·biʹram.+

18 A fire blazed among their group;

A flame consumed the wicked.+

19 They made a calf in Horʹeb

And bowed down to a statue of metal;*+

20 They exchanged my glory

For the representation of a grass-eating bull.+

21 They forgot God+ their Savior,

Who did great things in Egypt,+

22 Wonderful works in the land of Ham,+

Awe-inspiring deeds at the Red Sea.+

23 He was about to order their annihilation,

But Moses his chosen one interceded with him*

To avert his destructive anger.+

24 Then they despised the desirable land;+

They had no faith in his promise.+

25 They kept grumbling in their tents;+

They did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.+

26 So he raised his hand in an oath concerning them

That he would make them fall in the wilderness;+

27 He would make their descendants fall among the nations,

And he would scatter them throughout the lands.+

28 Then they joined in worship of* Baʹal of Peʹor,+

And they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.*

29 They provoked Him by their actions,+

And a scourge broke out among them.+

30 But when Phinʹe·has stood up and intervened,

The scourge was halted.+

31 And it was counted to him as righteousness

Through all generations forever.+

32 They provoked Him at the waters of Merʹi·bah,*

And it went badly for Moses because of them.+

33 They embittered his spirit,

And he spoke rashly with his lips.+

34 They did not annihilate the peoples,+

As Jehovah had commanded them.+

35 But they mingled with the nations+

And adopted* their ways.+

36 They kept serving their idols,+

And these became a snare to them.+

37 They would sacrifice their sons

And their daughters to demons.+

38 They kept spilling innocent blood,+

The blood of their own sons and daughters

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Caʹnaan;+

And the land was polluted with bloodshed.

39 They became unclean by their works;

They committed spiritual prostitution by their deeds.+

40 So the anger of Jehovah blazed against his people,

And he grew to detest his inheritance.

41 He repeatedly handed them over to the nations,+

So that those who hated them might rule over them.+

42 Their enemies oppressed them,

And they were subject to their power.*

43 Many times he rescued them,+

But they would rebel and disobey,+

And they would be brought low for their error.+

44 But he would see their distress+

And hear their cry for help.+

45 For their sake he would remember his covenant,

And he would feel pity,* moved by his great* loyal love.+

46 He would cause them to be pitied

By all who held them captive.+

47 Save us, O Jehovah our God,+

And gather us from the nations+

So that we may give thanks to your holy name

And exult in praising you.*+

48 May Jehovah, the God of Israel, be praised

Throughout all eternity.*+