

2. Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, or show forth all his praise?

3. Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!



6. Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.



9. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; and he led them through the deep as through a desert.


11. And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

12. Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

13. But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.


15. he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.


17. the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abi'ram.

18. Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19. They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image.


21. They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

22. wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red Sea.


24. Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.


26. Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27. and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.

28. Then they attached themselves to the Ba'al of Pe'or, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29. they provoked the LORD to anger with their doings, and a plague broke out among them.

30. Then Phin'ehas stood up and interposed, and the plague was stayed.


32. They angered him at the waters of Mer'ibah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

33. for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.

34. They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

35. but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.

36. They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

37. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;



40. Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

41. he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42. Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.


44. Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

45. He remembered for their sake his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46. He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.


