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1. Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever.
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1. Praise H1984 ye the LORD H3050 . O give thanks H3034 unto the LORD H3068 ; for H3588 he is good H2896 : for H3588 his mercy H2617 endureth forever H5769 .
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2. Who can put into words the great works of the Lord? Who can make known all His praise?
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2. Who H4310 can utter H4448 the mighty acts H1369 of the LORD H3068 ? who can show forth H8085 all H3605 his praise H8416 ?
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3. Happy are those who are faithful in being fair and who always do what is right and good!
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3. Blessed H835 are they that keep H8104 judgment H4941 , and he that doeth H6213 righteousness H6666 at all H3605 times H6256 .
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4. O Lord, remember me when You show favor to Your people. Visit me also when You save them.
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4. Remember H2142 me , O LORD H3068 , with the favor H7522 that thou bearest unto thy people H5971 : O visit H6485 me with thy salvation H3444 ;
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5. So I may share in the well-being of Your chosen ones. So I may share in the joy of Your nation, and be proud of Your people.
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5. That I may see H7200 the good H2896 of thy chosen H972 , that I may rejoice H8055 in the gladness H8057 of thy nation H1471 , that I may glory H1984 with H5973 thine inheritance H5159 .
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6. We have sinned like our fathers. We have done wrong. We have been sinful in our actions.
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6. We have sinned H2398 with H5973 our fathers H1 , we have committed iniquity H5753 , we have done wickedly H7561 .
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7. Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your powerful works. They did not remember how many times You showed Your loving-kindness. But they turned against You by the sea, the Red Sea.
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7. Our fathers H1 understood H7919 not H3808 thy wonders H6381 in Egypt H4714 ; they remembered H2142 not H3808 H853 the multitude H7230 of thy mercies H2617 ; but provoked H4784 him at H5921 the sea H3220 , even at the Red H5488 sea H3220 .
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8. Yet He saved them because of the honor of His name, and to make His great power known.
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8. Nevertheless he saved H3467 them for his name's sake H4616 H8034 , that he might make H853 his mighty power H1369 to be known H3045 .
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9. So He spoke sharp words to the Red Sea and it dried up. And He led them through the sea as through a desert.
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9. He rebuked H1605 the Red H5488 sea H3220 also , and it was dried up H2717 : so he led H1980 them through the depths H8415 , as through the wilderness H4057 .
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10. He saved them from the hand of those who hated them. He set them free from the hand of those who went against them.
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10. And he saved H3467 them from the hand H4480 H3027 of him that hated H8130 them , and redeemed H1350 them from the hand H4480 H3027 of the enemy H341 .
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11. And the waters covered those who hated them. Not one of them was left.
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11. And the waters H4325 covered H3680 their enemies H6862 : there was not H3808 one H259 of H4480 them left H3498 .
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12. Then they believed His promises. They sang His praise.
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12. Then believed H539 they his words H1697 ; they sang H7891 his praise H8416 .
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13. But they soon forgot His works. They did not wait to hear what He wanted them to do.
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13. They soon H4116 forgot H7911 his works H4639 ; they waited H2442 not H3808 for his counsel H6098 :
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14. They wanted many things in the desert, and they tempted God there.
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14. But lusted exceedingly H183 H8378 in the wilderness H4057 , and tempted H5254 God H410 in the desert H3452 .
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15. So He gave them what they wanted, but He allowed their souls to become weak because of it.
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15. And he gave H5414 them their request H7596 ; but sent H7971 leanness H7332 into their soul H5315 .
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16. They were jealous of Moses in the place where they set up their tents. And they were jealous of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
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16. They envied H7065 Moses H4872 also in the camp H4264 , and Aaron H175 the saint H6918 of the LORD H3068 .
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17. So the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan. It closed over the group of Abiram.
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17. The earth H776 opened H6605 and swallowed up H1104 Dathan H1885 , and covered H3680 H5921 the company H5712 of Abiram H48 .
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18. And a fire came among their followers. It burned up the sinful people.
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18. And a fire H784 was kindled H1197 in their company H5712 ; the flame H3852 burned up H3857 the wicked H7563 .
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19. They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a god of gold.
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19. They made H6213 a calf H5695 in Horeb H2722 , and worshiped H7812 the molten image H4541 .
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20. They traded their shining-greatness for something that looked like a bull that eats grass.
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20. Thus they changed H4171 H853 their glory H3519 into the similitude H8403 of an ox H7794 that eateth H398 grass H6212 .
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21. They forgot the God Who saved them, Who had done great things in Egypt,
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21. They forgot H7911 God H410 their savior H3467 , which had done H6213 great things H1419 in Egypt H4714 ;
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22. powerful works in the land of Ham, and works that brought fear by the Red Sea.
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22. Wondrous works H6381 in the land H776 of Ham H2526 , and terrible things H3372 by H5921 the Red H5488 sea H3220 .
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23. So He said that He would destroy them. But Moses, His chosen one, stood in the way to keep His anger from destroying them.
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23. Therefore he said H559 that he would destroy H8045 them , had not H3884 Moses H4872 his chosen H972 stood H5975 before H6440 him in the breach H6556 , to turn away H7725 his wrath H2534 , lest he should destroy H4480 H7843 them .
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24. Then they hated the good land. They did not believe in His Word.
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24. Yea , they despised H3988 the pleasant H2532 land H776 , they believed H539 not H3808 his word H1697 :
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25. But they complained in their tents. They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
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25. But murmured H7279 in their tents H168 , and hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 .
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26. So He swore to them that He would let them die in the desert.
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26. Therefore he lifted up H5375 his hand H3027 against them , to overthrow H5307 them in the wilderness H4057 :
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27. And He would spread out their children among the nations and divide them over all the earth.
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27. To overthrow H5307 their seed H2233 also among the nations H1471 , and to scatter H2219 them in the lands H776 .
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28. They joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate gifts given to the dead.
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28. They joined themselves H6775 also unto Baalpeor H1187 , and ate H398 the sacrifices H2077 of the dead H4191 .
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29. They made the Lord angry by their actions and a sickness broke out among them.
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29. Thus they provoked him to anger H3707 with their inventions H4611 : and the plague H4046 broke in H6555 upon them.
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30. Then Phinehas stood up and came between them, and the sickness was stopped.
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30. Then stood up H5975 Phinehas H6372 , and executed judgment H6419 : and so the plague H4046 was stayed H6113 .
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31. And this made him right with God to all people forever.
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31. And that was counted H2803 unto him for righteousness H6666 unto all generations H1755 H1755 forevermore H5704 H5769 .
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32. They also made the Lord angry at the waters of Meribah. And trouble came to Moses because of them.
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32. They angered H7107 him also at H5921 the waters H4325 of strife H4808 , so that it went ill H3415 with Moses H4872 for their sakes H5668 :
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33. He spoke from his lips without thinking because they went against the Spirit of God.
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33. Because H3588 they provoked H4784 H853 his spirit H7307 , so that he spoke unadvisedly H981 with his lips H8193 .
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34. They did not destroy the people as the Lord told them to do.
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34. They did not H3808 destroy H8045 H853 the nations H5971 , concerning whom H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H559 them:
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35. But they mixed with the nations and learned their ways.
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35. But were mingled H6148 among the heathen H1471 , and learned H3925 their works H4639 .
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36. They served their gods, which became a trap to them.
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36. And they served H5647 H853 their idols H6091 : which were H1961 a snare H4170 unto them.
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37. They even gave their sons and daughters as gifts on an altar to the demons.
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37. Yea , they sacrificed H2076 H853 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 unto devils H7700 ,
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38. They poured out the blood of those who were not guilty, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they gave on an altar to the gods of Canaan. And the land was poisoned with blood.
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38. And shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 , even the blood H1818 of their sons H1121 and of their daughters H1323 , whom H834 they sacrificed H2076 unto the idols H6091 of Canaan H3667 : and the land H776 was polluted H2610 with blood H1818 .
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39. They made themselves unclean by what they did. They were not true to God in what they did.
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39. Thus were they defiled H2930 with their own works H4639 , and went a whoring H2181 with their own inventions H4611 .
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40. So the Lord was angry with His people. He hated His people.
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40. Therefore was the wrath H639 of the LORD H3068 kindled H2734 against his people H5971 , insomuch that he abhorred H8581 H853 his own inheritance H5159 .
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41. So He handed them over to the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them.
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41. And he gave H5414 them into the hand H3027 of the heathen H1471 ; and they that hated H8130 them ruled H4910 over them.
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42. Those who hated them held a strong power over them. And they were made to obey them.
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42. Their enemies H341 also oppressed H3905 them , and they were brought into subjection H3665 under H8478 their hand H3027 .
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43. God set them free many times. But they always turned against Him and went deeper into sin.
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43. Many H7227 times H6471 did he deliver H5337 them ; but they H1992 provoked H4784 him with their counsel H6098 , and were brought low H4355 for their iniquity H5771 .
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44. But He looked upon their trouble when He heard their cry.
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44. Nevertheless he regarded H7200 their affliction H6862 , when he heard H8085 H853 their cry H7440 :
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45. He remembered His agreement because of them, and took pity on them by the greatness of His loving-kindness.
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45. And he remembered H2142 for them his covenant H1285 , and repented H5162 according to the multitude H7230 of his mercies H2617 .
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46. Those who held them also saw how God took pity on them.
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46. He made H5414 them also to be pitied H7356 of H6440 all H3605 those that carried them captives H7617 .
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47. O Lord our God, save us! Gather us from among the nations. And we will give thanks to Your holy name and find honor in Your praise.
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47. Save H3467 us , O LORD H3068 our God H430 , and gather H6908 us from among H4480 the heathen H1471 , to give thanks H3034 unto thy holy H6944 name H8034 , and to triumph H7623 in thy praise H8416 .
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48. Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Israel, forever and ever. Let all the people say, "Let it be so!" Praise the Lord!
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48. Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 from H4480 everlasting H5769 to H5704 everlasting H5769 : and let all H3605 the people H5971 say H559 , Amen H543 . Praise H1984 ye the LORD H3050 .
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