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- Chapter 106 -

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

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Praise YAH, give thanks to YHWH, for [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time!
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Who utters the mighty acts of YHWH? Sounds all His praise?
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O the blessedness of those keeping judgment, || Doing righteousness at all times.
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Remember me, O YHWH, || With the favor of Your people, || Look after me in Your salvation.
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To look on the good of Your chosen ones, || To rejoice in the joy of Your nation, || To boast myself with Your inheritance.
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We have sinned with our fathers, || We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.
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Our fathers in Egypt, || Have not considered wisely Your wonders, || They have not remembered || The abundance of Your kind acts, || And provoke by the sea, at the Sea of Suph.
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And He saves them for His Name’s sake, || To make His might known,
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And rebukes the Sea of Suph, and it is dried up, || And causes them to go || Through depths as a wilderness.
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And He saves them from the hand || Of him who is hating, || And redeems them from the hand of the enemy.
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And waters cover their adversaries, || One of them has not been left.
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And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,
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They have hurried—forgotten His works, || They have not waited for His counsel.
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And they lust greatly in a wilderness, || And try God in a desert.
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And He gives to them their request, || And sends leanness into their soul.
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And they are envious of Moses in the camp, || Of Aaron, YHWH’s holy one.
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Earth opens, and swallows up Dathan, || And covers over the company of Abiram.
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And fire burns among their company, || A flame sets the wicked on fire.
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They make a calf in Horeb, || And bow themselves to a molten image,
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And change their glory || Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
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They have forgotten God their Savior, || The doer of great things in Egypt,
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Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, || Of fearful things by the Sea of Suph.
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And He commands to destroy them, || Unless Moses, His chosen one, || Had stood in the breach before Him, || To turn back His wrath from destroying.
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And they kick against the desirable land, || They have not given credence to His word.
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And they murmur in their tents, || They have not listened to the voice of YHWH.
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And He lifts up His hand to them, || To cause them to fall in a wilderness,
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And to cause their seed to fall among nations, || And to scatter them through lands.
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And they are coupled to Ba‘al-Peor, || And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
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And they provoke to anger by their actions, || And a plague breaks forth on them,
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And Phinehas stands, and executes judgment, || And the plague is restrained,
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And it is reckoned to him for righteousness, || From generation to generation—for all time.
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And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, || And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,
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For they have provoked his spirit, || And he speaks wrongfully with his lips.
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They have not destroyed the peoples, || As YHWH had commanded to them,
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And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,
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And serve their idols, || And they are for a snare to them.
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And they sacrifice their sons and their daughters to the demons,
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And they shed innocent blood—Blood of their sons and of their daughters, || Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, || And the land is profaned with blood.
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And they are defiled with their works, || And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.
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And the anger of YHWH || Is kindled against His people, || And He detests His inheritance.
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And gives them into the hand of nations, || And those hating them rule over them,
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And their enemies oppress them, || And they are humbled under their hand.
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He delivers them many times, || And they rebel in their counsel, || And they are brought low in their iniquity.
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And He looks on their distress || When He hears their cry,
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And remembers His covenant for them, || And is comforted, || According to the abundance of His kindness.
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And He appoints them for mercies || Before all their captors.
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Save us, O our God YHWH, and gather us from the nations, || To give thanks to Your Holy Name, || To glory in Your praise.
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Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, || From age until age. And all the people said, “Amen, praise YAH!”
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

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Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?
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Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
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Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
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that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
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We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
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Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
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He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
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He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
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Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
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They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
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but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
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He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
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They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the LORD’s saint.
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
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A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
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They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
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Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
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They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
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wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
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Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
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Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,
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but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.
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Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
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that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
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They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
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Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
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That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
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They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
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because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.
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They didn’t destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
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but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
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They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
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Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
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Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
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Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
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He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
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Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
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He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
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Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
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He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
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Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
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Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!
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