O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is gracious, * and his mercy endureth for ever.
 
Who can express the noble acts of the LORD, * or show forth all his praise?
 
Blessed are they that alway keep judgment, * and do righteousness.
 
Remember me, O LORD, according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy people; * O visit me with thy salvation;
 
That I may see the felicity of thy chosen, * and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.
 
We have sinned with our fathers; * we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly.
 
Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance; * but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
 
Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's sake, * that he might make his power to be known.
 
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; * so he led them through the deep, as through a wilderness.
 
And he saved them from the adversary's hand, * and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
 
As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them; * there was not one of them left.
 
Then believed they his words, * and sang praise unto him.
 
But within a while they forgat his works, * and would not abide his counsel.
 
But lust came upon them in the wilderness, * and they tempted God in the desert.
 
And he gave them their desire, * and sent leanness withal into their soul.
 
They angered Moses also in the tents, * and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
 
So the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan, * and covered the congregation of Abiram.
 
And the fire was kindled in their company; * the flame burnt up the ungodly.
 
They made a calf in Horeb, * and worshipped the molten image.
 
Thus they turned their glory * into the similitude of a calf that eateth hay.
 
And they forgat God their Saviour, * who had done so great things in Egypt;
 
Wondrous works in the land of Ham; * and fearful things by the Red Sea.
 
So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap, * to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.
 
Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land, * and gave no credence unto his word;
 
But murmured in their tents, * and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
 
Then lift he up his hand against them, * to overthrow them in the wilderness;
 
To cast out their seed among the nations, * and to scatter them in the lands.
 
They joined themselves unto Baal-peor, * and ate the offerings of the dead.
 
Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions; * and the plague was great among them.
 
Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed; * and so the plague ceased.
 
And that was counted unto him for righteousness, * among all posterities for evermore.
 
They angered him also at the waters of strife, * so that he punished Moses for their sakes;
 
Because they provoked his spirit, * so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
 
Neither destroyed they the heathen, * as the LORD commanded them;
 
But were mingled among the heathen, * and learned their works.
 
Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which became a snare unto them; * yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils;
 
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, * whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.
 
Thus were they stained with their own works, * and went a whoring with their own inventions.
 
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, * insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
 
And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen; * and they that hated them were lords over them.
 
Their enemies oppressed them, * and had them in subjection.
 
Many a time did he deliver them; * but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness.
 
Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity, * he heard their complaint.
 
He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies; * yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them.
 
Deliver us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen; * that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise.
 
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, from everlasting, and world without end; * And let all the people say, Amen.

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