Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel.

They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.

They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them;

They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.

They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them

But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.

They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.

So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.

They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known.

remembered His covenant with them,
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.

Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.

for they embittered his spirit,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
He led them through the depths as through a desert.

Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people.
Come to me with Your salvation

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.

They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,

They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against His people,
and He abhorred His own inheritance.

It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.

Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts
or proclaim all the praise due Him?

They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice.

He saved them from the hand of the adversary;
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin.

They provoked the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.

So He raised His hand against them with an oath
that He would make them fall in the desert

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.

When He heard their cry,
He took note of their distress,

wonderful works in the land of Ham,
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.

so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of Your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
and boast about Your heritage.

He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.

and would disperse their descendants
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.

Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.

He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled them.

Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.