⁵ Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
    our God is merciful.^(D)
6 The Lord protects the simple;
    when I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷ Return, O my soul, to your rest,
    for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.^(E)

⁸ For you have delivered my soul from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling.^(F)
9 I walk before the Lord
    in the land of the living.
^10 [a]I kept my faith, even when I said,
    “I am greatly afflicted”;
¹¹ I said in my consternation,
    “Everyone is a liar.”^(G)

¹² What shall I return to the Lord
    for all his bounty to me?
¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name of the Lord;
¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.^(H)
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful ones.^(I)
16 O Lord, I am your servant;
    I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
    You have loosed my bonds.^(J)
17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
    and call on the name of the Lord.^(K)
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!^(L)

⁴ Remember us,^[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us^[b] when you deliver them,^(D)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that we may glory in your heritage.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(F)
7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love
    but rebelled against the Most High^[c] at the Red Sea.^[d](G)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
    so that he might make known his mighty power.^(H)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea,^[e] and it became dry;
    he led them through the deep as through a desert.^(I)
10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
    and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.^(J)
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.^(K)
12 Then they believed his words;
    they sang his praise.^(L)

¹³ But they soon forgot his works;
    they did not wait for his counsel.^(M)
14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness
    and put God to the test in the desert;^(N)
15 he gave them what they asked
    but sent a wasting disease among them.^(O)

¹⁶ They were jealous of Moses in the camp
    and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.^(P)
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan
    and covered the faction of Abiram.^(Q)
18 Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.^(R)

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshiped a cast image.^(S)
20 They exchanged the glory of God^[f]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.^(T)
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,^(U)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[g](V)
23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.^(W)

²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land,
    having no faith in his promise.^(X)
25 They grumbled in their tents
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.^(Y)
26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness^(Z)
27 and would disperse^[h] their descendants among the nations,
    scattering them over the lands.^(AA)

²⁸ Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor
    and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;^(AB)
29 they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
    and the plague was stopped.^(AC)
31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.^(AD)

³² They angered the Lord^[i] at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,^(AE)
33 for they made his spirit bitter,
    and he spoke words that were rash.^(AF)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples,
    as the Lord had commanded them,^(AG)
35 but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.^(AH)
36 They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.^(AI)
37 They sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to the demons;^(AJ)
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was polluted with blood.^(AK)
39 Thus they became unclean by their acts
    and prostituted themselves in their doings.^(AL)

⁴⁰ Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he abhorred his heritage;^(AM)
41 he gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.^(AN)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their purposes
    and were brought low through their iniquity.^(AO)
44 Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.^(AP)
45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.^(AQ)
46 He caused them to be pitied
    by all who held them captive.^(AR)

⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God,
    and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.^(AS)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
    Praise the Lord!^(AT)

⁶ The Lord works vindication
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ways to Moses,
    his acts to the people of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.^(D)
9 He will not always accuse,
    nor will he keep his anger forever.^(E)
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.^(F)
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
    so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;^(G)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far he removes our transgressions from us.^(H)
13 As a father has compassion for his children,
    so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.^(I)
14 For he knows how we were made;
    he remembers that we are dust.^(J)

¹⁵ As for mortals, their days are like grass;
    they flourish like a flower of the field;^(K)
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
    and its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
    on those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to children’s children,
¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant
    and remember to do his commandments.^(L)

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
    and his kingdom rules over all.^(M)
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
    you mighty ones who do his bidding,
    obedient to his spoken word.^(N)
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
    his ministers who do his will.^(O)
22 Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.