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Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? |
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Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. |
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Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; |
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That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. |
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We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. |
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Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. |
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. |
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He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. |
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And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
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And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. |
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Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. |
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They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
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And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. |
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They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. |
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. |
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And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
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They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. |
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Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. |
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They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; |
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Wondrous works in the land of 1Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
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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. |
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Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: |
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But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. |
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Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: |
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To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. |
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They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. |
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Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. |
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And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. |
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They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: |
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Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. |
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They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: |
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But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. |
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And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. |
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Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, |
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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. |
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Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. |
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Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
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And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. |
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Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. |
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Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. |
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Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: |
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And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. |
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Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. |
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Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. |