Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.

God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;

They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.

You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.

In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions.

You have done good to your servant, O Lord, in keeping with your word.

Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me teaching in your rules.

The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.