1: Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2: Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

3: Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4: Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

5: That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

6: We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7: Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8: Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

9: He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10: And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11: And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

12: Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13: They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

14: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

15: And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

16: They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

17: The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.

18: And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19: They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

20: Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

21: They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

22: Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

23: Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.