1 Praise Yahweh!
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
or fully declare all his praise?
3 Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
4 Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit me with your salvation,
5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
but were rebellious 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 known.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;
so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of them left.
12 Then they believed his words.
They sang his praise.
13 They soon forgot his works.
They didn’t wait for his counsel,
14 but gave in to craving in the desert,
and tested God in the wasteland.
15 He gave them their request,
but sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp,
and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18 A fire was kindled in their company.
The flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
20 Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
They didn’t believe his word,
25 but murmured in their tents,
and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
26 Therefore he swore to them
that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
27 that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations,
and scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
The plague broke in on them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment,
so the plague was stopped.
31 That was credited to him for righteousness,
for all generations to come.
32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
33 because they were rebellious against his spirit,
he spoke rashly with his lips.
34 They didn’t destroy the peoples,
as Yahweh commanded them,
35 but mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 They shed innocent blood,
even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they were defiled with their works,
and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
40 Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
41 He gave them into the hand of the nations.
Those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them.
They were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 He rescued them many times,
but they were rebellious in their counsel,
and were brought low in their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
when he heard their cry.
45 He remembered for them his covenant,
and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
46 He made them also to be pitied
by all those who carried them captive.
47 Save us, Yahweh, our God,
gather us from among the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise!
48 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, "Amen."
Praise Yah!
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!