1The Psalmist exhorteth to praise God for his goodness: 4he prayeth to share in his people's joy: 6he rehearseth Israel's rebellions, and God's mercies: 47he concludeth with a prayer and blessing.
1PRAISE1 ye the LORD. O agive thanks unto the LORD; for he is bgood: for his mercy endureth for ever.
1Heb. Hallelujah. 1Ch. 16.34.
a Ps. 78; 105; 107.1; 118.1; 136.1. 1Th. 5.18. b Ps. 119.68. Mat. 19.17. Is. 63.7,9. Ro. 5.20,21. Ep. 2.7. 1Ch. 16.41.
2Who ccan utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
c Ps. 40.5; 139.17,18; 145.4-7. Job 5.9.
3Blessed are they that dkeep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
d Ps. 119.1,2,106; 15.2. Mat. 22.37,38. 2Co. 1.12. Ac. 24.16. Ga. 6.9.
4eRemember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
e Ps. 25.6; 119.132,41,82,174,175. Ne. 13.29. He. 4.16. Is. 63.7-15.
5That I may see fthe good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
f Ps. 105.6,42,44. Je. 3.19. Ep. 1.3-9,18; 2.4-10. Is. 35.10; 66.10-14; 12.6; 25; 26. Jn. 16.22.
6We ghave sinned hwith our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
g Da. 9.5. Ezr. 9.7. Ne. 9.16-34. Eze. 16; 20; 23. 1Ki. 8.47. h Ne. 1.6.
7Our fathers iunderstood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; jbut provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
i Is. 1.3; 5.12. Je. 2.32. De. 32.15,18. j Ex. 14.11,12.
8Nevertheless khe saved them for his name's sake, that lhe might make his mighty power to be known.
k Eze. 20.8,9,14,44; 36.32. Nu. 14.13-20. l Ex. 9.16. Ps. 77.14.
9He mrebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so nhe led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
m Ex. 14.21. Ne. 9.11. Ps. 66.6; 136.11-15; 78.52,53. Na. 1.4. He. 11.29. n Is. 63.13.
10And ohe saved them from the hand of him that hated them , and predeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
o Ex. 14.13,30. Is. 63.8-14. De. 11.2-7. p Ps. 107.2.
11And qthe waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
q Ex. 14.27; 15.5,10,12. Ps. 74.13,14; 78.53; 136.15.
12Then rbelieved they his words; they sang his praise.
r Ex. 14.31; 15.1.
132They ssoon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
2Heb. They made haste, they forgat. Ps. 78.11.
s Ex. 15-17.
14But 3lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
3Heb. lusted a lust. Nu. 11.4,33. Ps. 78.18. 1Co. 10.6.
15And the gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
t Nu. 11.31-33. Ps. 78.29,31. Is. 10.16.
16They uenvied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
u Nu. 16.1-3. Le. 21.6-8.
17The vearth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
v Nu. 16.30-35; 26.10,11. De. 11.6.
18And wa fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
w Nu. 16.35,46; 26.10; 27.3.
19They xmade a calf yin Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
x Ex. 32.4-6. De. 9.12,16. Ne. 9.18. y De. 9.8.
20Thus zthey changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
z Je. 2.11. Ro. 1.23.
21They aforgat God their saviour, which had done bgreat things in Egypt;
a De. 32.15,18. Je. 2.32. v.13. b Ex. 7; 12; 14. De. 4.34; 7.18,19. Jos. 24.5-7. Ne. 9.10,11. Ps. 74.12-15; 78.42-51; 105.27-39.
22Wondrous works in the land cof Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
c Ps. 78.51.
23Therefore dhe 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.
d Ex. 32.10-32. De. 9.19; 10.10. Eze. 20.13; 22.30; 13.5. Je. 5.1. Is. 59.16.
24Yea, ethey despised 4the pleas-ant land, they fbelieved not his word:
4Heb. a land of desire. De. 8.7; 11.11,12. Eze. 20.6.
e Nu. 14.3,4,31. f He. 3.9-19. De. 1.32.
25But gmurmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
g Nu. 14.2,4.
26Therefore he hlifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
h Nu. 14.12,27-37. Ps. 95.11. Eze. 20.15. He. 3.11,18.
275To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to iscatter them in the lands.
5Heb. To make them fall.
i Le. 26.33. Ps. 44.11. Eze. 20.23.
28They jjoined themselves also unto kBaal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of lthe dead.
j Nu. 25.2,3,5; 31.16. Ho. 9.10. Jos. 22.17. 1Co. 10.20. Ps. 115.4-7. k Nu. 23.28. l Is. 8.19.
29Thus mthey provoked him to anger with ntheir inventions: and othe plague brake in upon them.
m De. 32.16,17,21,22. Is. 42.8. n v.39. o Nu. 25.3,9. Jos. 22.17.
30Then pstood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so qthe plague was *stayed.
*stayed-stopped, held back.
p Nu. 25.7-15. Da. 9.24. 2Co. 5.21. q Nu. 25.9. Jonah 1.15.
31And that rwas counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
r De. 24.13. Nu. 25.11-13.
32They sangered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
s Nu. 20.2-13. De. 3.26. Ps. 81.7.
33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he tspake unadvisedly with his lips.
t Nu. 20.10. Ja. 3.2. Ps. 39.1.
34They udid not destroy the nations, vconcerning whom the LORD commanded them:
u Ju. 1.21-36; 2.1-3. v De. 7.1,2,16; 20.16-18. Nu. 33.52.
35But wwere mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
w Ju. 1.21-36; 2.2; 3.5,6. Is. 2.6.
36And xthey served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
x Ju. 2.3,11-13,17,19; 3.6,7. 2Ki. 17.8,11,15. Ex. 23.32,33; 34.12-16. Nu. 33.55,56. De. 7.1-5,16; 20.18. Jos. 23.12,13.
37Yea, ythey sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
y 2Ki. 16.3; 21.6. Is. 57.5. Je. 7.31. Eze. 16.20. Le. 17.7. De. 32.17. 1Co. 10.20. Re. 9.20. v.38.
38And 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 zpolluted with blood.
z Nu. 35.33. Is. 1.15. Eze. 7.23; 22.3.
39Thus awere they defiled with their own works, and bwent a whoring with ctheir own inventions.
a Eze. 20.18. b Ex. 34.16. Le. 17.7; 20.5,6. Ho. 9.1. Eze. 16; 23. Nu. 15.39. Je. 3.1,6-9. c v.29.
40Therefore dwas the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
d Is. 42.8. Ex. 20.5. De. 32.16,17,22. Ju. 2.11-15. 2Ki. 17.7-23. Ne. 9.27. Ps. 78.5,9,59,62. La. 2.7.
41And ehe gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
e Ju. 3.8,12; 4.1-3; 6.1-6; 10.6-14; 13.1. 1Sa. 4; 11; 13; 31. 2Ki. 15.
42 Their enemies also foppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
f Ju. 4.3.
43gMany times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were 6brought low for their iniquity.
6Or, impoverished or weakened.
g Ju. 2.16-19; 3; 4; 6; 10; 13. Ne. 9.28,30.
44Nevertheless hhe regarded their affliction, iwhen he heard their cry:
h Le. 26.40-42. i Ju. 3.9; 4.3; 6.7; 10.10. 2Ki. 14.26,27.
45And jhe remembered for them his covenant, kand repented laccording to the multitude of his mercies.
j De. 30.3. Le. 26.42. 2Ki. 13.23. Ps. 74.20. k De. 32.36. Ps. 135.14; 90.13. Ex. 32.14. Is. 63.7,9. 2Sa. 24.16. Ju. 2.18. Am. 7.3,6. Jonah 3.10. Je. 31.20. Ho. 11.8. l Ps. 51.1.
46He mmade them also nto be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
m 1Ki. 8.50. Je. 15.11; 42.12; 50.12. Ezr. 9.9. n Ne. 1.11.
47oSave us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, pto give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
o 1Ch. 16.35,36. Ps. 68.22; 78.65,66; 60.4; 14.7; 126.1-4. p Ps. 107.1-3; 115.1. Lu. 1.74,75. 2Co. 5.14,15.
48qBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. 7Praise ye the LORD.
7Heb. Hallelujah.
q Ps. 41.13; 72.18,19; 89.52. 1Ch. 29.11. Lu. 1.68.