110 lines
4.2 KiB
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110 lines
4.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 106
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1 Praise the Lord!
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Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
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For His mercy endures forever.
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2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
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Who can declare all His praise?
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3 Blessed are those who keep justice,
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And he who does righteousness at all times!
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4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
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Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
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5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
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That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
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That I may glory with Your inheritance.
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6 We have sinned with our fathers,
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We have committed iniquity,
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We have done wickedly.
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7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
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They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
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But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.
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8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
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That He might make His mighty power known.
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9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
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So He led them through the depths,
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As through the wilderness.
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10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
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And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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11 The waters covered their enemies;
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There was not one of them left.
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12 Then they believed His words;
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They sang His praise.
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13 They soon forgot His works;
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They did not wait for His counsel,
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14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
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And tested God in the desert.
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15 And He gave them their request,
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But sent leanness into their soul.
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16 When they envied Moses in the camp,
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And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
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17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
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And covered the faction of Abiram.
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18 A fire was kindled in their company;
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The flame burned up the wicked.
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19 They made a calf in Horeb,
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And worshiped the molded image.
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20 Thus they changed their glory
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Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
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21 They forgot God their Savior,
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Who had done great things in Egypt,
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22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
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Awesome things by the Red Sea.
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23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
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Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach,
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To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
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24 Then they despised the pleasant land;
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They did not believe His word,
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25 But complained in their tents,
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And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
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26 Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them,
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To overthrow them in the wilderness,
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27 To overthrow their descendants among the nations,
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And to scatter them in the lands.
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28 They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
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And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
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29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
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And the plague broke out among them.
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30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
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And the plague was stopped.
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31 And that was accounted to him for righteousness
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To all generations forevermore.
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32 They angered Him also at the waters of strife,
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So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
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33 Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
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So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
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34 They did not destroy the peoples,
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Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
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35 But they mingled with the Gentiles
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And learned their works;
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36 They served their idols,
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Which became a snare to them.
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37 They even sacrificed their sons
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And their daughters to demons,
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38 And shed innocent blood,
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The blood of their sons and daughters,
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Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
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And the land was polluted with blood.
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39 Thus they were defiled by their own works,
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And played the harlot by their own deeds.
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40 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
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So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
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41 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
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And those who hated them ruled over them.
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42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
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And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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43 Many times He delivered them;
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But they rebelled in their counsel,
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And were brought low for their iniquity.
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44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
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When He heard their cry;
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45 And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
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And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
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46 He also made them to be pitied
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By all those who carried them away captive.
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47 Save us, O Lord our God,
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And gather us from among the Gentiles,
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To give thanks to Your holy name,
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To triumph in Your praise.
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48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
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From everlasting to everlasting!
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And let all the people say, “Amen!”
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Praise the Lord! |