| 1 | Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
| 2 | Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises? |
| 3 | Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times. |
| 4 | Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation. |
| 5 | That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance. |
| 6 | We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity. |
| 7 | Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea. |
| 8 | And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known. |
| 9 | And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness. |
| 10 | And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
| 11 | And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left. |
| 12 | And they believed his words: and they sang his praises. |
| 13 | They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels. |
| 14 | And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water. |
| 15 | And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls. |
| 16 | And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord. |
| 17 | The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron. |
| 18 | And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked. |
| 19 | They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing. |
| 20 | And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass. |
| 21 | They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, |
| 22 | Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea. |
| 23 | And 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. |
| 24 | And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word, |
| 25 | And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. |
| 26 | And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert; |
| 27 | And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries. |
| 28 | They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
| 29 | And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them. |
| 30 | Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased. |
| 31 | And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore. |
| 32 | They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes: |
| 33 | Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips. |
| 34 | They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them. |
| 35 | And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: |
| 36 | And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them. |
| 37 | And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils. |
| 38 | And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood, |
| 39 | And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions. |
| 40 | And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance. |
| 41 | And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them. |
| 42 | And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands: |
| 43 | Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities. |
| 44 | And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer. |
| 45 | And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. |
| 46 | And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives. |
| 47 | Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise. |
| 48 | Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it. |
