Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good 1 CPDV Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 CPDV Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises? BSB BSB: Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 CPDV Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 CPDV Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your salvation, BSB BSB: Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 CPDV so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your inheritance. BSB BSB: that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
6 CPDV We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity. BSB BSB: We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 CPDV Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea. BSB BSB: Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
8 CPDV And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power. BSB BSB: Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 CPDV And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert. BSB BSB: He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 CPDV And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. BSB BSB: He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 CPDV And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained. BSB BSB: The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 CPDV And they believed his words, and they sang his praises. BSB BSB: Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 CPDV As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel. BSB BSB: Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 CPDV And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place. BSB BSB: They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 CPDV And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls. BSB BSB: So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 CPDV And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. BSB BSB: In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 CPDV The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram. BSB BSB: The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 CPDV And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners. BSB BSB: Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 CPDV And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image. BSB BSB: At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 CPDV And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay. BSB BSB: They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 CPDV They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt: BSB BSB: They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 CPDV miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea. BSB BSB: wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 CPDV And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them. BSB BSB: So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
24 CPDV And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word. BSB BSB: They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 CPDV And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord. BSB BSB: They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 CPDV And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert, BSB BSB: So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 CPDV and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions. BSB BSB: to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 CPDV And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead. BSB BSB: They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29 CPDV And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them. BSB BSB: So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 CPDV Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased. BSB BSB: But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 CPDV And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever. BSB BSB: It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 CPDV And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them, BSB BSB: At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 CPDV for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips. BSB BSB: For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 CPDV They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them. BSB BSB: They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 CPDV And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works, BSB BSB: but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 CPDV and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them. BSB BSB: They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 CPDV And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 CPDV And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed, BSB BSB: They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
39 CPDV and was contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions. BSB BSB: They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 CPDV And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. BSB BSB: So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 CPDV And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them. BSB BSB: He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 CPDV And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands. BSB BSB: Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
43 CPDV Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities. BSB BSB: Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44 CPDV And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer. BSB BSB: Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 CPDV And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies. BSB BSB: And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46 CPDV And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them. BSB BSB: He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 CPDV Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and glory in your praise. BSB BSB: Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
48 CPDV Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
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