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1. Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues 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. No one can tell all the mighty things the Lord has done; no one can speak 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 do right, who do what is fair at all times.
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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. Lord, remember me when you are kind to your people; help me 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. Let me see the good things you do for your chosen people. Let me be happy along with your happy nation; let me join your own people in praising you.
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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 just as our ancestors did. We have done wrong; we have done evil.
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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 ancestors in Egypt did not learn from your miracles. They did not remember all your kindnesses, so they turned against you at 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. But the Lord saved them for his own sake, to show his great power.
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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. He commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led them through the deep sea as if it were 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 those who hated them. He saved them from their enemies,
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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 water covered their foes. Not one of them escaped.
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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 the people believed what the Lord said, and they sang praises to him.
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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 quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his advice.
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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 became greedy for food in the desert, and they tested 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 also sent a terrible disease among them.
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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. The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and of Aaron, the holy priest 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. Then the ground opened up and swallowed Dathan and closed over Abiram's group.
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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. A fire burned among their followers, and flames burned up the wicked.
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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. The people made a gold calf at Mount Sinai and worshiped a metal statue.
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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 exchanged their glorious God for a statue of 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. who had done miracles in Egyptn and amazing things 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 God said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood before him and stopped God's 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 refused to go into the beautiful land of Canaan; they did not believe what God promised.
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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. They grumbled in their tents and did not obey 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 they would 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. He said their children would be killed by other nations and that they would be scattered among other countries.
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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 in worshiping Baal at Peor and ate meat that had been sacrificed to lifeless statues.
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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 what they did, so many people became sick with a terrible disease.
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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. But Phinehas prayed to the Lord, and the disease 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. Phinehas did what was right, and it will be remembered from now on.
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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. The people also made the Lord angry at Meribah, and Moses was in trouble 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. The people turned against the Spirit of God, so Moses spoke without stopping to think.
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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. The people did not destroy the other nations as the Lord had 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. Instead, they mixed with the other nations and learned their customs.
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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 worshiped other nations' idols and were trapped by 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 killed their sons and daughters as sacrifices to 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 killed innocent people, their own sons and daughters, as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan. So the land was made unholy by their 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. The people became unholy by their sins; they were unfaithful 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 became angry with his people and hated his own children.
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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. He handed them over to other nations and let their enemies rule 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. Their enemies were cruel to them and kept them under their power.
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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. The Lord saved his people many times, but they continued to turn against him. So they became even more wicked.
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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 God saw their misery 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 with them, and he felt sorry for them because of his great love.
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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. He caused them to be pitied by those who held them captive.
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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. Lord our God, save us and bring us back from other nations. Then we will thank you and will gladly praise you.
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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. Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He always was and always will be. Let all the people say, "Amen!"
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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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