Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good 1 ULT Hallelu Yah! Give thanks to Yahweh, for{ he is} good, for his covenant faithfulness{ is} to forever. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 ULT Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, proclaim all of his praise? BSB BSB: Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 ULT The happinesses of the guardians of justice, the doers of righteousness at all times! BSB BSB: Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 ULT Remember me, Yahweh, in the favor of your people; visit me in your salvation, BSB BSB: Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 ULT to look on the good of your chosen, to rejoice in the gladness of your nation, to boast 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 ULT We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong; we have done evil. BSB BSB: We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 ULT Our fathers did not consider your marvelous deeds in Egypt; they did not remember the abundance of your covenant faithfulness, and they rebelled at the sea, the Sea of Reeds. 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 ULT But he saved them on account of his name, to make known his power. BSB BSB: Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 ULT He rebuked the Sea of Reeds, and it dried up. Then he led them through the depths, as{ through} a desert. BSB BSB: He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 ULT So he saved them from the hand of the hater, and he rescued 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 ULT Then the waters covered their adversaries; one of them was not left. BSB BSB: The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 ULT Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. BSB BSB: Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 ULT But they hurried, they forgot his deeds; they did not wait for his instructions. BSB BSB: Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 ULT And they craved a craving in the wilderness, and they tested God in the wasteland. BSB BSB: They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 ULT So he gave to them their request, but he sent a wasting disease upon their lives. BSB BSB: So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 ULT And they became envious of Moses in the camp, of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh. BSB BSB: In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 ULT The earth opened and swallowed Dathan and covered over the congregation of Abiram. BSB BSB: The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 ULT Fire blazed up in their congregation; a flame burned up the wicked. BSB BSB: Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 ULT They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image. BSB BSB: At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 ULT Thus they traded their Glory for the likeness of a bull eating grass. BSB BSB: They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 ULT They forgot God their Savior, the doer of great{ deeds} in Egypt: BSB BSB: They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 ULT wonders in the land of Ham, awesome{ acts} at the Sea of Reeds. BSB BSB: wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 ULT So he said to annihilate them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach to his face, to turn away his heat from destroying. 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 ULT Then they despised the delightful land; they did not believe his word, BSB BSB: They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 ULT but grumbled in their tents; they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh. BSB BSB: They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 ULT Then he raised his hand to them to make them fall in the desert, BSB BSB: So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 ULT and to make their seed fall among the nations, and to scatter them among the lands. BSB BSB: to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 ULT They joined themselves to the Baal of 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 ULT And they angered with their actions, 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 ULT Then Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. BSB BSB: But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 ULT It was counted to him as righteousness to generation and generation until forever. BSB BSB: It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 ULT And they angered at the waters of Meribah, and it was bad for Moses on account of them. BSB BSB: At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 ULT For they rebelled against his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips. BSB BSB: For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 ULT They did not destroy the peoples, which Yahweh had said to them, BSB BSB: They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 ULT but they mingled with the nations and learned their ways BSB BSB: but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 ULT and served their idols, and they became a snare to them. BSB BSB: They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 ULT And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 ULT And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by 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 ULT And they became unclean by their deeds; and they prostituted themselves by their actions. BSB BSB: They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 ULT So Yahweh’ s nose burned with his people, and he despised his inheritance. BSB BSB: So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 ULT And he gave them into the hand of the nations, and the haters of them ruled over them. BSB BSB: He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 ULT And their enemies oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand. BSB BSB: Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
43 ULT Many times he rescued them, but they, they were rebellious in their counsel and sank in their sin. BSB BSB: Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44 ULT Yet he saw in the narrow to them, when he was hearing their cry. BSB BSB: Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 ULT And he remembered his covenant with them and relented because of the abundance of his covenant faithfulness. BSB BSB: And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46 ULT He gave them for compassion to the face of all of their captors. BSB BSB: He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 ULT Save us, Yahweh, our God! Gather us from the nations to give thanks to the name of your holiness, to glory in your praises. 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 ULT May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting, and all the people say,“Amen. Hallelu Yah!” 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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