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Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness 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. Blessed is one who does what is right 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 loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
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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{or, Sea of Reeds} 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 worshiped 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{or, Sea of Reeds}.
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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 Yahweh's voice.
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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, for all generations to come.
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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 mixed themselves with the nations, and 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 Yahweh burned with anger 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 loving kindnesses.
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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!
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