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Chapter 106
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Praise ye
the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever. |
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Who can utter
the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his
praise? |
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Blessed are
they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness
at all times. |
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Remember
me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy
people: O visit me with thy salvation; |
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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. |
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We have sinned
with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done
wickedly. |
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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. |
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Nevertheless
he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his
mighty power to be known. |
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He rebuked
the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through
the depths, as through the wilderness. |
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And he saved
them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed
them from the hand of the enemy. |
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And the waters
covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. |
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Then believed
they his words; they sang his praise. |
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They soon
forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
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But lusted
exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
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And he gave
them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. |
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They envied
Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. |
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The earth
opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company
of Abiram. |
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And a fire
was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
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They made
a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. |
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Thus they
changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth
grass. |
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They forgat
God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; |
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Wondrous
works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red
sea. |
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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. |
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Yea, they
despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: |
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But murmured
in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the
LORD. |
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Therefore
he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in
the wilderness: |
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To overthrow
their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them
in the lands. |
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They joined
themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of
the dead. |
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Thus they
provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague
brake in upon them. |
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Then stood
up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was
stayed. |
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And that
was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations
for evermore. |
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They angered
him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with
Moses for their sakes: |
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Because they
provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with
his lips. |
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They did
not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded
them: |
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But were
mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. |
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And they
served their idols: which were a snare unto them. |
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Yea, they
sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, |
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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. |
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Thus were
they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with
their own inventions. |
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Therefore
was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch
that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
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And he gave
them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated
them ruled over them. |
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Their enemies
also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection
under their hand. |
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Many times
did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel,
and were brought low for their iniquity. |
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Nevertheless
he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: |
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And he remembered
for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude
of his mercies. |
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He made them
also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. |
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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. |
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Blessed be
the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. |
