1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness 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 understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the 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 enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore 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.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even 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 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
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 geoffer
38 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!