The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.
But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.
Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.
Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea.
Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,
But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.
They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed.
They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;
They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,
But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,
And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood.
Thus they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance.
Then He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them.
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors.
Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;
They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep.
For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea.
They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
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