Psalm 90-106

New American Standard Bible

³ You ^(E)turn mortals back into dust
And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”
⁴ For ^(F)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like ^(G)yesterday when it passes by,
^[d]Or like a ^(H)watch in the night.
⁵ You ^(I)have ^[e]swept them away like a flood, they ^[f](J)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like ^(K)grass that ^[g]sprouts anew.
⁶ In the morning it ^(L)flourishes and ^[h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it ^(M)wilts and ^(N)withers away.

⁷ For we have been ^(O)consumed by Your anger,
And we have been terrified by Your wrath.
⁸ You have ^(P)placed our guilty deeds before You,
Our ^(Q)hidden sins in the light of Your presence.
⁹ For ^(R)all our days have dwindled away in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a ^[i]sigh.
¹⁰ As for the days of our ^[j]life, ^[k]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, ^(S)eighty years,
Yet their pride is only ^(T)trouble and tragedy;
For it quickly passes, and we ^(U)disappear.
¹¹ Who ^[l]understands the ^(V)power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the ^(W)fear ^[m]that is due You?
¹² So ^(X)teach us to number our days,
That we may ^[n](Y)present to You a heart of wisdom.

¹³ Do ^(Z)return, Lord; ^(AA)how long will it be?
And ^[o]be ^(AB)sorry for Your servants.
^14 (AC)Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness,
That we may ^(AD)sing for joy and rejoice all our days.
^15 (AE)Make us glad ^[p]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the ^(AF)years we have seen ^[q]evil.
¹⁶ Let Your ^(AG)work appear to Your servants
And Your ^(AH)majesty ^[r]to their children.
¹⁷ May the ^(AI)kindness of the Lord our God be upon us;
And ^[s](AJ)confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, ^[t]confirm the work of our hands.

⁵ You ^(AV)will not be afraid of the ^(AW)terror by night,
Or of the ^(AX)arrow that flies by day;
⁶ Of the ^(AY)plague that ^[u]stalks in darkness,
Or of the ^(AZ)destruction that devastates at noon.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But ^(BA)it shall not approach you.
⁸ You will only look on with your eyes
And ^(BB)see the retaliation against the wicked.
^9 [v]For you have made the Lord, ^(BC)my refuge,
The Most High, ^(BD)your dwelling place.
^10 (BE)No evil will happen to you,
Nor will any plague come near your ^[w]tent.

¹¹ For He will give ^(BF)His angels orders concerning you,
To protect you in all your ways.
¹² On their hands they will ^(BG)lift you up,
So that you do not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will ^(BH)walk upon the lion and cobra,
You will trample the young lion and the ^[x]serpent.

¹⁴ “^(BI)Because he has loved Me, I will save him;
I will ^(BJ)set him securely on high, because he has ^(BK)known My name.
¹⁵ He will ^(BL)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in ^[y]trouble;
I will rescue him and ^(BM)honor him.
¹⁶ I will satisfy him with ^[z]a ^(BN)long life,
And ^[aa](BO)show him My salvation.”

⁵ How ^(BZ)great are Your works, Lord!
Your ^[ag](CA)thoughts are very ^(CB)deep.
⁶ A ^(CC)stupid person has no knowledge,
Nor does a ^(CD)foolish person understand this:
⁷ When the wicked ^(CE)sprouted up like grass
And all ^(CF)who did injustice flourished,
It was only that they might be ^(CG)destroyed forevermore.
⁸ But You, Lord, are ^(CH)on high forever.
⁹ For, behold, Your enemies, Lord,
For, behold, ^(CI)Your enemies will perish;
All who do injustice will be ^(CJ)scattered.

¹⁰ But You have exalted my ^(CK)horn like that of the wild ox;
I have ^[ah]been ^(CL)anointed with fresh oil.
¹¹ And my eye has ^(CM)looked at my enemies,
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
¹² The ^(CN)righteous person will ^[ai]flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a ^(CO)cedar in Lebanon.
^13 (CP)Planted in the house of the Lord,
They will flourish ^(CQ)in the courtyards of our God.
¹⁴ They will still ^[aj](CR)yield fruit in advanced age;
They will be ^[ak]full of sap and very green,
¹⁵ To ^[al]declare that ^(CS)the Lord is just;
He is my ^(CT)rock, and there is ^(CU)no malice in Him.

³ The ^(DB)floods have lifted up, Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice,
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
⁴ More than the sounds of many waters,
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The Lord ^(DC)on high is mighty.
⁵ Your ^(DD)testimonies are fully confirmed;
^(DE)Holiness is pleasing to Your house,
Lord, ^[an]forevermore.

⁸ Pay attention, you ^(DR)stupid ones among the people;
And when will you understand, ^(DS)foolish ones?
⁹ He who ^(DT)planted the ear, ^[as]does He not hear?
Or He who formed the eye, ^[at]does He not see?
¹⁰ He who ^[au](DU)disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,
He who ^(DV)teaches mankind knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord ^(DW)knows human thoughts,
^[av]That they are mere breath.

¹² Blessed is the man whom ^(DX)You discipline, ^[aw]Lord,
And ^(DY)whom You teach from Your Law,
¹³ So that You may grant him ^(DZ)relief from the ^(EA)days of adversity,
Until ^(EB)a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For ^(EC)the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He ^(ED)abandon His inheritance.
¹⁵ For ^[ax](EE)judgment ^[ay]will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart ^[az]will follow it.
¹⁶ Who will ^(EF)stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me ^(EG)against those who do injustice?

¹⁷ If ^(EH)the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
¹⁸ If I should say, “^(EI)My foot has slipped,”
Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
¹⁹ When my anxious thoughts ^[ba]multiply within me,
Your ^(EJ)comfort delights my soul.
²⁰ Can a ^[bb](EK)throne of destruction be allied with You,
One ^(EL)which devises ^[bc]mischief by decree?
²¹ They ^(EM)band themselves together against the ^[bd]life of the righteous
And ^(EN)condemn ^[be]the innocent to death.
²² But the Lord has been my ^(EO)refuge,
And my God the ^(EP)rock of my refuge.
²³ He has ^(EQ)brought back their injustice upon them,
And He will ^[bf](ER)destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will ^[bg]destroy them.

⁶ Come, let’s ^(FB)worship and bow down,
Let’s ^(FC)kneel before the Lord our ^(FD)Maker.
⁷ For He is our God,
And ^(FE)we are the people of His ^[bi](FF)pasture and the sheep of His hand.
^(FG)Today, ^[bj]if you will hear His voice,
⁸ Do not harden your hearts as at ^[bk](FH)Meribah,
As on the day of ^[bl](FI)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ “When your fathers ^(FJ)put Me to the test,
They tested Me, though they had seen My work.
¹⁰ For ^(FK)forty years I was disgusted with that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
¹¹ Therefore I ^(FL)swore in My anger,
They certainly shall not enter My ^(FM)rest.”

^7 [bn]Ascribe to the Lord, you ^(FY)families of the peoples,
^[bo](FZ)Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
^8 [bp]Ascribe to the Lord the ^(GA)glory of His name;
Bring an ^[bq](GB)offering and come into His courtyards.
^9 (GC)Worship the Lord in ^[br]holy attire;
^(GD)Tremble before Him, all the earth.
¹⁰ Say among the nations, “^(GE)The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the ^(GF)world is firmly established, it will not be moved;
He will ^(GG)judge the peoples fairly.”

¹¹ May the ^(GH)heavens be joyful, and may the ^(GI)earth rejoice;
May ^(GJ)the sea ^[bs]roar, and ^[bt]all it contains;
¹² May the ^(GK)field be jubilant, and all that is in it.
Then all the ^(GL)trees of the forest will sing for joy
¹³ Before the Lord, ^(GM)for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
^(GN)He will judge the world in righteousness,
And the peoples in His faithfulness.

⁷ May all those be ashamed who serve ^(HB)carved images,
Who boast in ^(HC)idols;
^[bw](HD)Worship Him, all you ^[bx]gods.
⁸ Zion ^[by]heard this and ^(HE)was joyful,
And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced
Because of Your judgments, Lord.
⁹ For You are the Lord ^(HF)Most High over all the earth;
You are exalted far ^(HG)above all ^[bz]gods.

^10 (HH)Hate evil, you who love the Lord,
Who ^(HI)watches over the souls of His godly ones;
He ^(HJ)saves them from the hand of the wicked.
^11 (HK)Light is sown like seed for the righteous,
And ^(HL)gladness for the upright in heart.
¹² Be ^(HM)joyful in the Lord, you righteous ones,
And ^(HN)praise ^[ca]the mention of His holy name.

^4 (HW)Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
^(HX)Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.
⁵ Sing praises to the Lord with the ^(HY)lyre,
With the lyre and the ^[cc](HZ)sound of melody.
⁶ With ^(IA)trumpets and the sound of the horn
^(IB)Shout joyfully before ^(IC)the King, the Lord.

⁷ May the ^(ID)sea roar and ^[cd]all it contains,
The ^(IE)world and those who dwell in it.
⁸ May the ^(IF)rivers clap their hands,
May the ^(IG)mountains sing together for joy
⁹ Before the Lord, for He is coming to ^(IH)judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And ^(II)the peoples with fairness.

^6 (IV)Moses and Aaron were among His ^(IW)priests,
And ^(IX)Samuel was among those who ^(IY)called on His name;
They ^(IZ)called upon the Lord and He answered them.
⁷ He ^(JA)spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They ^(JB)kept His testimonies
And the statute that He gave them.
⁸ Lord our God, You ^(JC)answered them;
You were a ^(JD)forgiving God to them,
And yet an ^(JE)avenger of their evil deeds.
⁹ Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill,
For the Lord our God is holy.

⁴ Enter His gates ^(JL)with ^[cq]thanksgiving,
And His courtyards with praise.
Give thanks to Him, ^(JM)bless His name.
⁵ For ^(JN)the Lord is good;
^(JO)His mercy is everlasting
And His ^(JP)faithfulness is to all generations.

⁶ My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a ^[cw](JY)blameless way is one who will serve me.
⁷ One who ^(JZ)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies ^(KA)shall not ^[cx]maintain his position before me.
^8 (KB)Every morning I will ^[cy](KC)destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to ^(KD)eliminate from the ^(KE)city of the Lord all those who do injustice.

⁸ My enemies ^(KS)have taunted me all day long;
Those who ^[dd](KT)deride me ^[de]have used my name as a ^(KU)curse.
⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And ^(KV)mixed my drink with weeping
^10 (KW)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have ^(KX)lifted me up and thrown me away.
¹¹ My days are like a ^[df](KY)lengthened shadow,
And ^[dg]I ^(KZ)wither away like ^[dh]grass.

¹² But You, Lord, ^[di](LA)remain forever,
And Your ^[dj](LB)name remains to all generations.
¹³ You will ^(LC)arise and have ^(LD)compassion on Zion;
For ^(LE)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the ^(LF)appointed time has come.
¹⁴ Surely Your servants ^[dk]take pleasure in her stones,
And feel pity for her dust.
^15 [dl]So the ^[dm](LG)nations will fear the name of the Lord,
And ^(LH)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord has ^(LI)built up Zion;
He has ^(LJ)appeared in His glory.
¹⁷ He has ^(LK)turned His attention to the prayer of the ^[dn]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

^18 [do]This will be ^(LL)written for the ^(LM)generation to come,
^[dp]That ^(LN)a people yet to be created ^[dq]may praise ^[dr]the Lord:
¹⁹ For He ^(LO)looked down from His holy height;
^(LP)From heaven the Lord looked ^[ds]upon the earth,
²⁰ To hear the ^(LQ)groaning of the prisoner,
To ^(LR)set free ^[dt]those who were doomed to death,
²¹ So that people may ^(LS)tell of the name of the Lord in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
²² When ^(LT)the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³ He has broken my strength in the way;
He has ^(LU)shortened my days.
²⁴ I say, “My God, ^(LV)do not take me away in the middle of my days,
Your ^(LW)years are ^[du]throughout all generations.
²⁵ In time of old You ^(LX)founded the earth,
And the ^(LY)heavens are the work of Your hands.
^26 [dv]Even they will ^(LZ)perish, but You endure;
All of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.
²⁷ But You are ^[dw](MA)the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
²⁸ The ^(MB)children of Your servants will continue,
And their ^[dx](MC)descendants will be established before You.”

⁶ The Lord ^(MM)performs ^[dz]righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are ^(MN)oppressed.
⁷ He ^(MO)made known His ways to Moses,
His ^(MP)deeds to the sons of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is ^(MQ)compassionate and gracious,
^(MR)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
⁹ He ^(MS)will not always contend with us,
Nor will He ^(MT)keep His anger forever.
¹⁰ He has ^(MU)not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.
¹¹ For as high ^(MV)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who ^[ea]fear Him.
¹² As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(MW)removed our wrongdoings from us.
¹³ Just ^(MX)as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who ^[eb]fear Him.
¹⁴ For ^(MY)He Himself knows ^[ec]our form;
He ^(MZ)is mindful that we are nothing but ^(NA)dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are ^(NB)like grass;
Like a ^(NC)flower of the field, so he flourishes.
¹⁶ When the ^(ND)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its ^(NE)place no longer knows about it.
¹⁷ But the ^[ed](NF)mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who ^[ee]fear Him,
And His justice ^(NG)to the children’s children,
¹⁸ To ^(NH)those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

¹⁹ The Lord has established His ^(NI)throne in the heavens,
And His ^[ef](NJ)sovereignty rules over ^[eg]all.
²⁰ Bless the Lord, you ^(NK)His angels,
^(NL)Mighty in strength, who ^(NM)perform His word,
^(NN)Obeying the voice of His word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all you ^(NO)His ^[eh]angels,
You ^(NP)who serve Him, doing His will.
²² Bless the Lord, ^(NQ)all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the Lord, my soul!

⁵ He ^(OA)established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not ^[eo]totter forever and ever.
⁶ You ^(OB)covered it with the deep sea as with a garment;
The waters were standing above the mountains.
⁷ They fled from Your ^(OC)rebuke,
At the ^(OD)sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
⁸ The mountains rose; the valleys sank down
To the ^(OE)place which You established for them.
⁹ You set a ^(OF)boundary so that they will not pass over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

^10 [ep]He sends forth ^(OG)springs in the valleys;
They flow between the mountains;
¹¹ They ^(OH)give drink to every animal of the field;
The ^(OI)wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² The birds of the sky ^(OJ)dwell ^[eq]beside them;
They ^[er]lift up their voices from among the branches.
^13 [es]He ^(OK)waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
^(OL)The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

^14 [et]He causes the ^(OM)grass to grow for the ^[eu]cattle,
And ^(ON)vegetation for the labor of mankind,
So that ^[ev]they may produce ^[ew]food ^(OO)from the earth,
¹⁵ And ^(OP)wine, which makes a human heart cheerful,
^(OQ)So that he makes his face gleam with oil,
And ^[ex]food, which ^(OR)sustains a human heart.
¹⁶ The trees of the Lord ^[ey]drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
¹⁷ Where the ^(OS)birds build their nests,
And the ^(OT)stork, whose home is the juniper trees.

¹⁸ The high mountains are for the ^(OU)wild goats;
The ^(OV)cliffs are a refuge for the ^(OW)rock hyrax.
¹⁹ He made the moon ^(OX)for the seasons;
The ^(OY)sun knows the place of its setting.
²⁰ You ^(OZ)appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the ^(PA)animals of the forest ^[ez]prowl about.
²¹ The ^(PB)young lions roar for their prey
^[fa]And ^(PC)seek their food from God.
²² When the sun rises they withdraw,
And they lie down in their ^(PD)dens.
²³ A person goes out to ^(PE)his work
And to his labor until evening.

²⁴ Lord, how ^(PF)many are Your works!
^[fb]In ^(PG)wisdom You have made them all;
The ^(PH)earth is full of Your ^[fc]possessions.
^25 [fd]There is the ^(PI)sea, great and ^[fe]broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
²⁶ The ^(PJ)ships move along there,
And ^[ff](PK)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.

²⁷ They all ^(PL)wait for You
To ^(PM)give them their food in ^[fg]due season.
²⁸ You give to them, they gather it up;
You ^(PN)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
²⁹ You ^(PO)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You ^(PP)take away their breath, they perish
And ^(PQ)return to their dust.
³⁰ You send forth Your ^[fh](PR)Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the ^(PS)glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord ^(PT)rejoice in His works;
^32 [fi]He ^(PU)looks at the earth, and it ^(PV)trembles;
He ^(PW)touches the mountains, and they smoke.
^33 [fj]I will sing to the Lord ^[fk](PX)as long as I live;
^[fl]I will ^(PY)sing praise to my God ^[fm]while I have my being.
³⁴ May my ^(PZ)praise be pleasing to Him;
As for me, I shall ^(QA)rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ May sinners be ^(QB)removed from the earth
And may the ^(QC)wicked be no more.
^(QD)Bless the Lord, my soul.
^[fn](QE)Praise ^[fo]the Lord!

⁸ He has ^(QT)remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a ^(QU)thousand generations,
⁹ The ^(QV)covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His ^(QW)oath to Isaac.
¹⁰ Then He ^(QX)confirmed it to Jacob as a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ Saying, “^(QY)To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the ^[fu](QZ)portion of your inheritance,”
¹² When they were only a ^(RA)few people in number,
Very few, and ^(RB)strangers in it.
¹³ And they wandered from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ He ^(RC)allowed no one to oppress them,
And He ^[fv](RD)rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
¹⁵ “^(RE)Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do not harm My prophets.”

¹⁶ And He ^(RF)called for a famine upon the land;
He ^(RG)broke the whole staff of bread.
¹⁷ He ^(RH)sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was ^(RI)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ They forced his ^(RJ)feet into shackles,
^[fw]He was put in irons;
¹⁹ Until the time that his ^(RK)word came to pass,
The word of the Lord ^(RL)refined him.
²⁰ The ^(RM)king sent and released him,
The ruler of peoples, and set him free.
²¹ He ^(RN)made him lord of his house,
And ruler over all his possessions,
²² To ^[fx]imprison his high officials ^[fy](RO)at will,
That he might teach his elders wisdom.
^23 (RP)Israel also came into Egypt;
So Jacob ^(RQ)lived in the land of Ham.
²⁴ And He ^(RR)made His people very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their enemies.

²⁵ He ^(RS)turned their heart to hate His people,
To ^(RT)deal cunningly with His servants.
²⁶ He ^(RU)sent His servant Moses,
And ^(RV)Aaron, whom He had chosen.
²⁷ They ^[fz](RW)performed His wondrous acts among them,
And miracles in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He ^(RX)sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not ^(RY)rebel against His words.
²⁹ He ^(RZ)turned their waters into blood,
And caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with ^(SA)frogs
Even in the ^(SB)chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and a ^(SC)swarm of flies
And ^(SD)gnats invaded all their territory.
³² He ^[ga]gave them ^(SE)hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
³³ He also ^(SF)struck their vines and their fig trees,
And smashed the trees of their territory.
³⁴ He spoke, and ^(SG)locusts came,
And creeping locusts, beyond number,
³⁵ And they ate all the vegetation in their land,
And ate the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He also ^(SH)fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,
The ^(SI)first fruits of all their vigor.

³⁷ Then He brought ^[gb]the Israelites out with ^(SJ)silver and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
³⁸ Egypt was ^(SK)glad when they departed,
For the ^(SL)dread of them had fallen upon ^[gc]the Egyptians.
³⁹ He spread out a ^(SM)cloud as a ^[gd]covering,
And ^(SN)fire to illumine by night.
^40 [ge]They ^(SO)asked, and He brought ^(SP)quail,
And satisfied them with the ^[gf](SQ)bread of heaven.
⁴¹ He opened the ^[gg]rock and ^(SR)water flowed out;
^[gh]It ran in the dry places like a river.
⁴² For He ^(SS)remembered His holy word
With His servant Abraham;
⁴³ And He led out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with a joyful ^(ST)shout.
⁴⁴ He also ^(SU)gave them the lands of the ^[gi]nations,
So that they ^(SV)might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
⁴⁵ And that they might ^(SW)keep His statutes
And comply with His laws;
^[gj]Praise ^[gk]the Lord!

⁴ Remember me, Lord, in Your ^(TC)favor ^[gp]toward Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation,
⁵ So that I may see the ^(TD)prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may ^(TE)rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
That I may ^(TF)boast with Your ^[gq]inheritance.

^6 (TG)We have sinned ^[gr](TH)like our fathers,
We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your ^[gs]wonders;
They ^(TI)did not remember ^[gt]Your abundant kindnesses,
But ^(TJ)rebelled by the sea, at the ^[gu]Red Sea.
⁸ Nevertheless He saved them ^(TK)for the sake of His name,
So that He might ^(TL)make His power known.
⁹ So He ^(TM)rebuked the ^[gv]Red Sea and it ^(TN)dried up,
And He ^(TO)led them through the mighty waters, as through the wilderness.
¹⁰ So He ^(TP)saved them from the ^[gw]hand of one who hated them,
And ^(TQ)redeemed them from the ^[gx]hand of the enemy.
^11 (TR)The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
¹² Then they ^(TS)believed His words;
They ^(TT)sang His praise.

¹³ They quickly ^(TU)forgot His works;
They ^(TV)did not wait for His plan,
¹⁴ But ^(TW)became lustfully greedy in the wilderness,
And ^(TX)put God to the test in the desert.
¹⁵ So He ^(TY)gave them their request,
But ^(TZ)sent a ^[gy]wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When they became ^(UA)envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
¹⁷ The ^(UB)earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the ^[gz]company of Abiram.
¹⁸ And a ^(UC)fire blazed up in their ^[ha]company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(UD)made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped a cast metal image.
²⁰ So they ^(UE)exchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(UF)forgot God their Savior,
Who had done ^(UG)great things in Egypt,
^22 [hb](UH)Wonders in the land of Ham,
And awesome things by the ^[hc]Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(UI)He said that He would destroy them,
If ^(UJ)Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
²⁴ Then they ^(UK)rejected the ^(UL)pleasant land;
They ^(UM)did not believe His word,
²⁵ But ^(UN)grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore He ^[hd](UO)swore to them
That He would have them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ And that He would ^(UP)bring down their ^[he]descendants among the nations,
And ^(UQ)scatter them in the lands.

²⁸ They also ^(UR)followed ^[hf]Baal-peor,
And ate ^(US)sacrifices offered to the dead.
²⁹ So they ^(UT)provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas ^(UU)stood up and ^[hg]intervened,
And so the ^(UV)plague was brought to a halt.
³¹ And it was ^(UW)credited to him as righteousness,
To all generations forever.

³² They also ^(UX)provoked Him to wrath at the waters of ^[hh]Meribah,
So that it ^(UY)went badly for Moses on their account.
³³ Because they ^(UZ)were rebellious against ^[hi]His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They ^(VA)did not destroy the peoples,
As ^(VB)the Lord had commanded them,
³⁵ But ^(VC)they got involved with the nations
And learned their ^[hj]practices,
³⁶ And ^(VD)served their idols,
^(VE)Which became a snare to them.
³⁷ They even ^(VF)sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the ^(VG)demons,
³⁸ And shed ^(VH)innocent blood,
The blood of their ^(VI)sons and their daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was ^(VJ)defiled with the blood.
³⁹ So they became ^(VK)unclean in their ^[hk]practices,
And ^[hl](VL)were unfaithful in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore the ^(VM)anger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He ^(VN)loathed His ^[hm](VO)inheritance.
⁴¹ So ^(VP)He handed them over to the ^[hn]nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies also ^(VQ)oppressed them,
And they were subdued under their ^[ho]power.
⁴³ Many times He would ^(VR)rescue them;
They, however, were rebellious in their ^(VS)plan,
And they ^(VT)sank down into their guilt.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless He looked at their distress
When He ^(VU)heard their cry;
⁴⁵ And He ^(VV)remembered His covenant for their sake,
And ^[hp](VW)relented ^(VX)according to the greatness of His mercy.
⁴⁶ He also made them ^(VY)objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

^47 (VZ)Save us, Lord our God,
And ^(WA)gather us from the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And ^(WB)glory in Your praise.
^48 (WC)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
And all the people shall say, “Amen.”
^[hq]Praise ^[hr]the Lord!