| 1. Hallelujah. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His kindness is forever. |
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א. |
| 2. Who can narrate the mighty deeds of the Lord? [Who] can make heard all His praise? |
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ב. |
| 3. Fortunate are those who keep justice, who perform righteousness at all times. |
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ג. |
| 4. Remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people; be mindful of me with Your salvation. |
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ד. |
| 5. To see the goodness of Your chosen ones, to rejoice with the joy of Your nation, to boast with Your inheritance. |
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ה. |
| 6. We sinned with our forefathers; we committed iniquity and wickedness. |
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ו. |
| 7. Our forefathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; they did not remember Your manifold deeds of kindness, and they were rebellious by the sea, by the Sea of Reeds. |
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ז. |
| 8. And He saved them for His name's sake, to make known His might. |
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ח. |
| 9. And He rebuked the Sea of Reeds, and it dried up, and He led them in the depths as [in] a desert. |
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ט. |
| 10. He saved them from the hand of the enemy, and He redeemed them from the hand of the foe. |
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י. |
| 11. And the water covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. |
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יא. |
| 12. And they believed His words; they sang His praise. |
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יב. |
| 13. Quickly, they forgot His deeds; they did not await His counsel. |
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יג. |
| 14. They craved a lust in the desert, and they tried God in the wasteland. |
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יד. |
| 15. He gave them their request, but He sent emaciation into their soul. |
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טו. |
| 16. They angered Moses in the camp, Aaron, the holy man of the Lord. |
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טז. |
| 17. The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan and covered the congregation of Abiram. |
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יז. |
| 18. And fire burned in their congregation; a flame burned the wicked. |
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יח. |
| 19. They made a calf in Horeb and prostrated themselves to a molten image. |
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יט. |
| 20. They exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox eating grass. |
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כ. |
| 21. They forgot God, their Savior, Who wrought great deeds in Egypt. |
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כא. |
| 22. Wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by the Sea of Reeds. |
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כב. |
| 23. He intended to destroy them [and would have] were it not that Moses, His chosen one, stood before Him in the breech to return His wrath from destroying. |
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כג. |
| 24. They rejected the desirable land; they did not believe His word. |
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כד. |
| 25. They complained in their tents; they did not hearken to the voice of the Lord. |
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כה. |
| 26. He raised His hand to them to cast them down in the desert, |
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כו. |
| 27. And to cast their seed among the nations and to scatter them in the lands. |
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כז. |
| 28. They became attached to Baal Pe'or and ate sacrifices of the dead. |
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כח. |
| 29. They provoked [God] with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. |
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כט. |
| 30. Phinehas stood up and executed justice, and the plague was stopped. |
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ל. |
| 31. It was accounted for him as a merit, for generation to generation to eternity. |
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לא. |
| 32. They provoked [God] by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them. |
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לב. |
| 33. For they rebelled against His spirit, and He uttered with His lips. |
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לג. |
| 34. They did not destroy the peoples whom the Lord had told them [to destroy]. |
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לד. |
| 35. And they mingled with the nations and learned their deeds. |
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לה. |
| 36. They worshipped their idols, which became a snare for them. |
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לו. |
| 37. They slaughtered their sons and daughters to the demons. |
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לז. |
| 38. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters whom they slaughtered to the idols of Canaan, and the land became polluted with the blood. |
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לח. |
| 39. And they became unclean through their deeds, and they went astray with their acts. |
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לט. |
| 40. And the Lord's wrath was kindled against His people and He detested His inheritance. |
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מ. |
| 41. And He delivered them into the hands of nations, and their enemies ruled over them. |
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מא. |
| 42. And their foes oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand. |
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מב. |
| 43. Many times He saved them, but they were rebellious with their counsel, and they were humbled because of their iniquity. |
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מג. |
| 44. But He looked upon their distress when He heard their cries. |
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מד. |
| 45. And He remembered His covenant for them, and He relented in accordance with His abundant kindness. |
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מה. |
| 46. And He caused them to be pitied by all their captors. |
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מו. |
| 47. Save us, O Lord, our God, and gather us from the nations, to give thanks to Your holy name, to boast with Your praise. |
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מז. |
| 48. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from world to world, and all the people shall say, "Amen." Hallelujah! |
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