Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.

They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

He granted their request, then struck them with a disease.

Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.

They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.

They made him angry by 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. The land was polluted by bloodshed.

They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do.

Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the Lord!"

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways.

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

He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.

He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver,

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.

They believed his promises; they sang praises to him.

They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.

So the Lord was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him.

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift.

Who can adequately recount the Lord's mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?

They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the Lord.

He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.

Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.

They made the Lord angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert,

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.

Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea.

so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.

make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority.

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

The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived.