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Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever. |
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Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, Or fully declare all his praise? |
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Blessed are those who keep justice, He who does righteousness at all times. |
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Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, |
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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. |
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We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. |
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Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious 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 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 a desert. |
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He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
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The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. |
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Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. |
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They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel, |
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But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland. |
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He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. |
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They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron, Yahweh's saint. |
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram. |
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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 a molten image. |
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Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass. |
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They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, |
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Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea. |
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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. |
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Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word, |
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But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. |
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Therefore he swore to them That he would overthrow them in the wilderness, |
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That he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands. |
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They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. |
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Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped. |
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That was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore. |
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They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes; |
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Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips. |
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They didn't destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them, |
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But mingled themselves with the nations, Learned their works. |
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They served their idols, Which became a snare to them. |
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Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. |
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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. |
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Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds. |
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Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was kindled against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. |
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He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. |
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Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. |
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Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. |
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Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry. |
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He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. |
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He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive. |
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Save us, Yahweh, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise! |
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Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, 'Amen.' Praise Yah! BOOK V Psalm 107 |