³ He forgives all your iniquity;^(C)
he heals all your diseases.^(D)
4 He redeems your life from the Pit;^(E)
he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.^(F)
5 He satisfies you^[a] with good things;^(G)
your youth is renewed like the eagle.^(H)

⁶ The Lord executes acts of righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.^(I)
7 He revealed his ways to Moses,^(J)
his deeds to the people of Israel.^(K)
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.^(L)
9 He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.^(M)
10 He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve
or repaid us according to our iniquities.^(N)

¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward those who fear him.^(O)
12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.^(P)
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.^(Q)
14 For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.^(R)

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;^(S)
16 when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.^[b](T)
17 But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,
and his righteousness toward the grandchildren^(U)
18 of those who keep his covenant,
who remember to observe his precepts.^(V)
19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.^(W)

²⁰ Bless the Lord,
all his angels of great strength,
who do his word,
obedient to his command.^(X)
21 Bless the Lord, all his armies,
his servants who do his will.^(Y)
22 Bless the Lord, all his works
in all the places where he rules.^(Z)
My soul, bless the Lord!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.^(G)
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations^(H)—
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore^[b] to Isaac,^(I)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:^(J)
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”^(K)

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,^(L)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(M)
14 he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:^(N)
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones,^(O)
or harm my prophets.”^(P)

¹⁶ He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.^(Q)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(R)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(S)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.^(T)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.^(U)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions^(V)—
²² binding^[c] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.^(W)

²³ Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^[d](X)
24 The Lord^[e] made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,^(Y)
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.^(Z)
26 He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^(AA)
27 They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.^(AB)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy his commands?^(AC)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.^(AD)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.^(AE)
31 He spoke, and insects came^(AF)—
gnats throughout their country.^(AG)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.^(AH)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.^(AI)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.^(AJ)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.^(AK)

³⁷ Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.^(AL)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel^[f] had fallen on them.^(AM)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.^(AN)
40 They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^(AO)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.^(AP)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.^(AQ)
43 He brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy.^(AR)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.^(AS)

⁴⁵ All this happened
so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his instructions.^(AT)
Hallelujah!

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(AX)
Come to me with your salvation
⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.^(AY)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(AZ)
7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(BA)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(BB)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(BC)
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(BD)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(BE)
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(BF)

¹³ They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.^(BG)
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(BH)
15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(BI)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(BJ)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(BK)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(BL)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(BM)
20 They exchanged their glory^[g][h]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(BN)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(BO)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^[i]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(BP)
23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^(BQ)

²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.^(BR)
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.^(BS)
26 So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert^(BT)
27 and would disperse their descendants^[j]
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.^(BU)

²⁸ They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^[k](BV)
29 They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.^(BW)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.^(BX)
31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.^(BY)

³² They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered^[l] because of them,^(BZ)
33 for they embittered his spirit,^[m]
and he spoke rashly with his lips.^(CA)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(CB)
35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(CC)
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(CD)
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(CE)
38 They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.^(CF)
39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(CG)

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.^(CH)
41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.^(CI)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.^(CJ)
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.^(CK)

⁴⁴ When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,^(CL)
45 remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.^(CM)
46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.^(CN)

⁴⁷ Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.^(CO)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.^(CP)
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!^(CQ)