Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good 1 DBY Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 DBY Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? who can shew forth all his praise? BSB BSB: Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 DBY Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 DBY Remember me, O Jehovah, with thy favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation: BSB BSB: Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 DBY That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine 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 DBY We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. BSB BSB: We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 DBY Our fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at 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 DBY Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might. BSB BSB: Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 DBY And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness. BSB BSB: He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 DBY And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them , and 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 DBY And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left. BSB BSB: The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 DBY Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. BSB BSB: Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 DBY They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: BSB BSB: Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 DBY And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. BSB BSB: They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 DBY Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. BSB BSB: So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 DBY And they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the saint of Jehovah. BSB BSB: In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 DBY The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram; BSB BSB: The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 DBY And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked. BSB BSB: Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 DBY They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image; BSB BSB: At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 DBY And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. BSB BSB: They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 DBY They forgot God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt, BSB BSB: They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 DBY Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. BSB BSB: wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 DBY And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should 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 DBY And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word, BSB BSB: They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 DBY But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. BSB BSB: They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 DBY And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness; BSB BSB: So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 DBY And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. BSB BSB: to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 DBY And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead; BSB BSB: They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29 DBY And they provoked him to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them. BSB BSB: So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 DBY Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed; BSB BSB: But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 DBY And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore. BSB BSB: It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 DBY And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account; BSB BSB: At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 DBY For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. BSB BSB: For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 DBY They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them; BSB BSB: They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 DBY But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works; BSB BSB: but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 DBY And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them: BSB BSB: They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 DBY And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 DBY And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 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 DBY And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings. BSB BSB: They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 DBY Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against 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 DBY And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them: BSB BSB: He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 DBY And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. BSB BSB: Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
43 DBY Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity. BSB BSB: Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44 DBY But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry; BSB BSB: Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 DBY And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses; BSB BSB: And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46 DBY And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives. BSB BSB: He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 DBY Save us, Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy 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 DBY Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah! 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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