⁴ Remember me, O Lord, when you show favour to your people;
    help me when you deliver them;
⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory in your heritage.

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.

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

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

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshipped a cast image.
²⁰ They exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They forgot God, their Saviour,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[b]
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.

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.

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, ‘Amen.’
    Praise the Lord!