1 Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness {endureth} for ever.2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? {who} can shew forth all his praise?3 Blessed are they that keep justice, {and} he that doeth righteousness at all times.4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with {thy} favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:5 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.6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.7 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.8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated {them}, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.11 And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted *God in the desert.15 Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.16 And they envied Moses in the camp, {and} Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;18 And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.19 They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;20 And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.21 They forgot *God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.23 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}.24 And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,25 But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.26 And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;27 And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.28 And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;29 And they provoked {him} to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.32 And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;33 For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.34 They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;35 But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;36 And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,38 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.39 And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.40 Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.43 Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked {him} by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.44 But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;46 And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.47 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.48 Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!

1 Halleluja! Loof die HERE, want Hy is goed, want sy goedertierenheid is tot in ewigheid.2 Wie kan die magtige dade van die HERE uitspreek, al sy roem verkondig?3 Welgeluksalig is hulle wat die reg bewaar, die wat altyd geregtigheid doen.4 Dink aan my, o HERE, na die welbehae in u volk, besoek my met u heil,5 dat ek kan aanskou die geluk van u uitverkorenes, dat ek bly kan wees in die blydskap van u volk, my kan beroem met u erfdeel.6 Ons het gesondig, saam met ons vaders; ons het verkeerd gedoen, goddeloos gehandel.7 Ons vaders in Egipte het nie ag gegee op u wonders, hulle het nie gedink aan die menigte van u goedertierenhede nie, maar was wederstrewig by die see, by die Skelfsee.8 Maar Hy het hulle verlos om sy Naam ontwil, om sy mag bekend te maak.9 En Hy het die Skelfsee gedreig, sodat dit opgedroog het, en hulle deur die watervloede laat gaan soos deur 'n woestyn.10 En Hy het hulle verlos uit die hand van die hater en hulle bevry uit die hand van die vyand.11 En die waters het hulle teëstanders oordek: nie een van hulle het oorgebly nie.12 Toe het hulle aan sy woorde geglo, hulle het sy lof gesing.13 Maar hulle het gou sy werke vergeet, op sy raadsbesluit nie gewag nie.14 En hulle het baie begerig geword in die woestyn en God versoek in die wildernis.15 Toe het Hy hulle gegee wat hulle gevra het, maar in hulle siel 'n maerte gestuur.16 En hulle was in die laer afgunstig op Moses, op A„ron, die heilige van die HERE.17 Die aarde het oopgegaan en Datan verslind en die bende van Ab¡ram oordek.18 En 'n vuur het gebrand onder hulle bende, 'n vlam die goddelose aan die brand gesteek.19 Hulle het by Horeb 'n kalf gemaak en gebuig voor 'n gegote beeld.20 En hulle het hul Heerlikheid verruil vir die afbeelding van 'n bees wat gras eet.21 Hulle het God vergeet, hulle Verlosser, wat groot dinge gedoen het in Egipte,22 wonders in die land van Gam, vreeslike dinge by die Skelfsee.23 Toe het Hy gesê dat Hy hulle sou verdelg, as Moses, sy uitverkorene, nie voor sy aangesig in die bres gaan staan het om sy grimmigheid af te keer, dat Hy nie sou vernietig nie.24 Hulle het ook die kosbare land versmaad, sy woord nie geglo nie;25 en hulle het gemurmureer in hul tente, na die stem van die HERE nie geluister nie.26 Toe het Hy sy hand teen hulle opgehef om hulle neer te slaan in die woestyn,27 en om hulle nageslag te versprei onder die nasies en hulle te verstrooi in die lande.28 Ook het hulle hul aan Ba„l-Peor gekoppel en die offerandes aan die dooies geëet;29 en hulle het die HERE geterg deur hul dade, sodat 'n plaag onder hulle uitgebreek het.30 Toe het P¡nehas opgetree en gerig geoefen, en die plaag het opgehou;31 en dit is hom gereken tot geregtigheid, van geslag tot geslag tot in ewigheid.32 Hulle het Hom ook vertoorn by die waters van M,riba, en dit het met Moses sleg gegaan om hulle ontwil;33 want hulle was wederstrewig teen sy Gees, sodat hy onverskillig gepraat het met sy lippe.34 Hulle het die volke nie verdelg soos die HERE aan hulle gesê het nie,35 maar hul met die heidene vermeng en hulle werke geleer.36 En hulle het hulle afgode gedien, en dit het vir hulle 'n strik geword.37 Bowendien het hulle hul seuns en hul dogters aan die duiwels geoffer38 en onskuldige bloed vergiet -- die bloed van hul seuns en hul dogters wat hulle aan die afgode van Kana„n geoffer het -- sodat die land deur bloedskuld ontheilig is.39 En hulle het onrein geword deur hul werke en gehoereer deur hul dade.40 Toe het die toorn van die HERE ontvlam teen sy volk, en Hy het 'n afsku gekry van sy erfdeel.41 En Hy het hulle in die hand van die heidene gegee, en hulle haters het oor hulle geheers;42 en hulle vyande het hulle verdruk, sodat hulle onder hul hand moes buig.43 Hy het hulle baiekeer gered; maar hulle was wederstrewig in hulle voorneme. So het hulle dan weggesink deur hul ongeregtigheid.44 Nogtans het Hy hulle benoudheid aangesien toe Hy hulle smeking gehoor het;45 en Hy het tot hulle beswil aan sy verbond gedink en berou gekry na die veelheid van sy goedertierenhede.46 En Hy het hulle medelyde laat vind by almal wat hulle as gevangenes weggevoer het.47 Verlos ons, HERE onse God, en versamel ons uit die nasies, dat ons u heilige Naam kan loof en ons beroem in u lof!48 Geloofd sy die HERE, die God van Israel, van ewigheid tot ewigheid! En laat die hele volk sê: Amen. Halleluja!