Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good 1 DRA Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 DRA Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises? BSB BSB: Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 DRA Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 DRA Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation. BSB BSB: Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 DRA That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy 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 DRA We have sinned with 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 DRA Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath 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 DRA And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known. BSB BSB: Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 DRA And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness. BSB BSB: He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 DRA And he saved them from the hand of them that 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 DRA And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left. BSB BSB: The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 DRA And they believed his words: and they sang his praises. BSB BSB: Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 DRA They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels. BSB BSB: Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 DRA And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water. BSB BSB: They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 DRA And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls. BSB BSB: So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 DRA And they provoked Moses in the camp, 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 DRA The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron. BSB BSB: The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 DRA And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked. BSB BSB: Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 DRA They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing. BSB BSB: At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 DRA And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass. BSB BSB: They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 DRA They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, BSB BSB: They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 DRA Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea. BSB BSB: wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 DRA And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, 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 DRA And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word, BSB BSB: They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 DRA And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. BSB BSB: They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 DRA And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert; BSB BSB: So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 DRA And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries. BSB BSB: to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 DRA They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead. BSB BSB: They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29 DRA And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them. BSB BSB: So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 DRA Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased. BSB BSB: But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 DRA And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore. BSB BSB: It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 DRA They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes: BSB BSB: At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 DRA Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips. BSB BSB: For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 DRA They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them. BSB BSB: They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 DRA And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: BSB BSB: but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 DRA And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them. BSB BSB: They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 DRA And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils. BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 DRA And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. 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 DRA And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions. BSB BSB: They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 DRA And the Lord was exceedingly 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 DRA And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them. BSB BSB: He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 DRA 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 DRA Many times did he deliver them. But 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 DRA And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer. BSB BSB: Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 DRA And he was mindful of his covenant: and 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 DRA And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives. BSB BSB: He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 DRA Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory 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 DRA Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it. 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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