⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(D)
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.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(F)
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.^(G)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(H)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(I)
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(J)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(K)
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(L)

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

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

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(S)
20 They exchanged their glory^[a][b]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(T)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(U)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^[c]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(V)
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.^(W)

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

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

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

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(AH)
35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(AI)
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(AJ)
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(AK)
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.^(AL)
39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(AM)

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

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

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.^(AU)

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

⁴ Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.^(BA)
5 They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed^[h] within them.^(BB)
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he rescued them from their distress.^(BC)
7 He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.^(BD)
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(BE)
9 For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.^(BF)

¹⁰ Others sat in darkness and gloom^[i]—
prisoners in cruel chains^(BG)—
¹¹ because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.^(BH)
12 He broke their spirits^[j] with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(BI)
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.^(BJ)
14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.^(BK)
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(BL)
16 For he has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.^(BM)

¹⁷ Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.^(BN)
18 They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.^(BO)
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.^(BP)
20 He sent his word and healed them;
he rescued them from their traps.
²¹ Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(BQ)
22 Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and announce his works with shouts of joy.^(BR)

²³ Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast water.^(BS)
24 They saw the Lord’s works,
his wondrous works in the deep.^(BT)
25 He spoke and raised a stormy wind
that stirred up the waves of the sea.^[k](BU)
26 Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage^[l] melting away in anguish,^(BV)
27 they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and all their skill was useless.^(BW)
28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.^(BX)
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.^(BY)
30 They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.^(BZ)
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(CA)
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.^(CB)

³³ He turns rivers into desert,
springs into thirsty ground,^(CC)
34 and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.^(CD)
35 He turns a desert into a pool,
dry land into springs.^(CE)
36 He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.^(CF)
37 They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.^(CG)
38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;^(CH)
he does not let their livestock decrease.^(CI)

³⁹ When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,^(CJ)
40 he pours contempt on nobles^(CK)
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.^(CL)
41 But he lifts the needy out of their suffering^(CM)
and makes their families multiply like flocks.^(CN)
42 The upright see it and rejoice,^(CO)
and all injustice shuts its mouth.^(CP)

⁴³ Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.^(CQ)