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1Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,
for bountiful is he;
His
tender mercy doth endure
unto eternity.
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2God's mighty works who can express?
or shew forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that judgment keep,
and justly do always.
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4Remember me, Lord, with that love
which thou to thine dost bear;
With
thy salvation, O my God,
to visit me draw near:
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5That I thy chosen's good may see,
and in their joy rejoice;
And
may with thine inheritance
triumph with cheerful voice.
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6We with our fathers sinned have,
and of iniquity
Too
long we have the workers been;
we have done wickedly.
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7The wonders great, which thou, O Lord,
didst work in
Egypt
land,
Our
fathers, though they saw, yet them
they did not understand:
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And
they thy mercies' multitude
kept not in memory;
But
at the sea, ev'n the
Red sea
,
provok'd him grievously.
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8Nevertheless he saved them,
ev'n for his own name's sake;
That
so he might to be well known
his mighty power make.
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9When he the Red sea did rebuke,
then dried up it was:
Through
depths, as through the wilderness,
he safely made them pass.
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10From hands of those that hated them
he did his people save;
And
from the en'my's cruel hand
to them redemption gave.
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11The waters overwhelm'd their foes;
not one was left alive.
12Then they believ'd his word, and praise
to him in songs did give.
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13But soon did they his mighty works
forget unthankfully,
And
on his counsel and his will
did not wait patiently;
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14But much did lust in wilderness,
and God in desert tempt.
15He gave them what they sought, but to
their soul he leanness sent.
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16And against Moses in the camp
their envy did appear;
At
Aaron they, the saint of God,
envious also were.
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17Therefore the earth did open wide,
and Dathan did devour,
And
all Abiram's company
did cover in that hour.
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18Likewise among their company
a fire was kindled then;
And
so the hot consuming flame
burnt up these wicked men.
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19Upon the hill of Horeb they
an idol-calf did frame,
A
molten image they did make,
and worshipped the same.
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20And thus their glory, and their God,
most vainly changed they
Into
the likeness of an ox
that eateth grass or hay.
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21They did forget the mighty God,
that had their saviour been,
By
whom such great things brought to pass
they had in
Egypt
seen.
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22In Ham's land he did wondrous works,
things terrible did he,
When
he his mighty hand and arm
stretch'd out at the
Red sea
.
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23Then said he, He would them destroy,
had not, his wrath to stay,
His
chosen Moses stood in breach,
that them he should not slay.
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24Yea, they despis'd the pleasant land,
believed not his word:
25But in their tents they murmured,
not heark'ning to the Lord.
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26Therefore in desert them to slay
he lifted up his hand:
27'Mong nations to o'erthrow their seed,
and scatter in each land.
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28They unto Baal-peor did
themselves associate;
The
sacrifices of the dead
they did profanely eat.
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29Thus, by their lewd inventions,
they did provoke his ire;
And
then upon them suddenly
the plague brake in as fire.
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30Then Phin'has rose, and justice did,
and so the plague did cease;
31That to all ages counted was
to him for righteousness.
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32And at the waters, where they strove,
they did him angry make,
In
such sort, that it fared ill
with Moses for their sake:
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33Because they there his spirit meek
provoked bitterly,
So
that he utter'd with his lips
words unadvisedly.
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34Nor, as the Lord commanded them,
did they the nations slay:
35But with the heathen mingled were,
and learn'd of them their way.
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36And they their idols serv'd, which did
a snare unto them turn.
37Their sons and daughters they to dev'ls
in sacrifice did burn.
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38In their own children's guiltless blood
their hands they did imbrue,
Whom
to
Canaan
's idols they
for sacrifices slew:
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So
was the land defil'd with blood.
39They
stain'd with their own way,
And
with their own inventions
a whoring they did stray.
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40Against his people kindled was
the wrath of God therefore,
Insomuch
that he did his own
inheritance abhor.
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41He gave them to the heathen's hand;
their foes did them command.
42Their en'mies them oppress'd, they were
made subject to their hand.
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43He many times deliver'd them;
but with their counsel so
They
him provok'd, that for their sin
they were brought very low.
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44Yet their affliction he beheld,
when he did hear their cry:
45And he for them his covenant
did call to memory;
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After
his mercies' multitude
46he
did repent: And made
Them
to be pity'd of all those
who did them captive lead.
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47O Lord our God, us save, and gather
the heathen from among,
That
we thy holy name may praise
in a triumphant song.
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48Bless'd be JEHOVAH, Isr'el's God,
to all eternity:
Let
all the people say, Amen.
Praise to the Lord give ye.
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