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Chapter 106 |
| 1 | Praise ye the
LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for
ever. |
| 2 |
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth
all his praise? |
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3 | Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that
doeth righteousness at all times. |
| 4 | Remember me, O LORD, with the
favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
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| 5 | 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. |
| 6 |
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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8 | Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that
he might make his mighty power to be known. |
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9 | 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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10 | And he saved them from the hand of him that hated
them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
| 11 | And the
waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. |
| 12 | Then
believed they his words; they sang his praise. |
| 13 | They soon
forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
| 14 | But lusted
exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
| 15 | And
he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. |
| 16 | They
envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. |
| 17 | The
earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.
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| 18 | And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the
wicked. |
| 19
| 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. |
| 21 | They forgat God their saviour, which had
done great things in Egypt; |
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22 | Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and
terrible things by the Red sea. |
| 23 | 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. |
| 24 | Yea, they
despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: |
| 25 | But murmured
in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. |
| 26 |
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the
wilderness: |
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27 | To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and
to scatter them in the lands. |
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28 | They joined themselves also unto
Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
| 29 | Thus they
provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon
them. |
| 30 |
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the
plague was stayed. |
| 31 | And that was counted unto him for
righteousness unto all generations for evermore. |
| 32 | They angered
him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their
sakes: |
| 33
| Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips. |
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34 | They did not destroy the nations,
concerning whom the LORD commanded them: |
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35 | But were mingled among the
heathen, and learned their works. |
| 36 | And they served their idols:
which were a snare unto them. |
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37 | Yea, they sacrificed their sons and
their daughters unto devils, |
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38 | 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. |
| 39 | Thus were
they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own
inventions. |
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40 | Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against
his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
| 41 | And he
gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over
them. |
| 42 |
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand. |
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43 | Many times did he deliver them; but
they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their
iniquity. |
| 44
| Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard
their cry: |
| 45
| And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented
according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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46 | He made them also to be
pitied of all those that carried them captives. |
| 47 | 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. |
| 48 | Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to
everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. |
