Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins

1 Praise 1the Lord!

aOh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.

2 Who can 2utter the mighty acts of the Lord?

Who can declare all His praise?

3 Blessed are those who keep justice,

And 3he who bdoes righteousness at call times!

4 dRemember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.

Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,

That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,

That I may glory with 4Your inheritance.

6 eWe have sinned with our fathers,

We have committed iniquity,

We have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;

They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,

fBut rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,

gThat He might make His mighty power known.

9 hHe rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;

So iHe led them through the depths,

As through the wilderness.

10 He jsaved them from the hand of him who hated them,

And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 kThe waters covered their enemies;

There was not one of them left.

12 lThen they believed His words;

They sang His praise.

13 mThey soon forgot His works;

They did not wait for His counsel,

14 nBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

And tested God in the desert.

15 oAnd He gave them their request,

But psent leanness into their soul.

16 When qthey envied Moses in the camp,

And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

17 rThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,

And covered the faction of Abiram.

18 sA fire was kindled in their company;

The flame burned up the wicked.

19 tThey made a calf in Horeb,

And worshiped the molded image.

20 Thus uthey changed their glory

Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They forgot God their Savior,

Who had done great things in Egypt,

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,

Awesome things by the Red Sea.

23 vTherefore He said that He would destroy them,

Had not Moses His chosen one wstood before Him in the breach,

To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.