1 We will celebrateand praise you, Lord!You are good to us,and your love never fails.
2 No one can praise you enoughfor all the mighty thingsyou have done.
3 You bless those peoplewho are honest and fairin everything they do.
4 Remember me, Lord,when you show kindnessby saving your people.
5 Let me prosper with the restof your chosen ones,as they celebrate with pridebecause they belong to you.
6 We and our ancestorshave sinned terribly.
7 When they were in Egypt,they paid no attentionto your marvelous deedsor your wonderful love.And they turned against youat the Red Sea.
8 But you were true to your name,and you rescued them to provehow mighty you are.
9 You said to the Red Sea,“Dry up!”Then you led your people acrosson land as dry as a desert.
10 You saved all of them
11 and drowned every oneof their enemies.
12 Then your people trusted youand sang your praises.
13 But they soon forgotwhat you had doneand rejected your advice.
14 They became greedy for foodand tested you therein the desert.
15 So you gave themwhat they wanted,but later you destroyed themwith a horrible disease.
16 Everyone in camp was jealousof Moses and of Aaron,your chosen priest.
17 Dathan and Abiram rebelled,and the earth opened upand swallowed them.
18 Then fire broke outand destroyed allof their followers.
19 At Horeb your peoplemade and worshiped the statue
20 of a bull, instead of you,their glorious God.
21 You worked powerful miraclesto save them from Egypt,but they forgot about you
22 and the fearsome thingsyou did at the Red Sea.
23 You were angry and startedto destroy them,but Moses, your chosen leader,begged you not to do it.
24 They would not trustyou, Lord,and they did not likethe promised land.
25 They would not obey you,and they grumbledin their tents.
26 So you threatened themby saying, “I'll kill youout here in the desert!
27 I'll scatter your childreneverywhere in the world.”
28 Your people became followersof a god named Baal Peor,and they ate sacrificesoffered to the dead.
29 They did such terrible thingsthat you punished themwith a deadly disease.
30 But Phinehas helped them,and the sickness stopped.
31 Now he will alwaysbe highly honored.
32 At Meribah Springthey turned against youand made you furious.
33 Then Moses got into troublefor speaking in anger.
34 Our Lord, they disobeyed youby refusing to destroythe nations.
35 Instead they were friendlywith those foreignersand followed their customs.
36 Then they fell into the trapof worshiping idols.
37 They sacrificed their sonsand their daughters to demons
38 and to the gods of Canaan.Then they poured out the bloodof these innocent childrenand made the land filthy.
39 By doing such gruesome things,they also became filthy.
40 Finally, Lord, you were angryand terribly disgustedwith your people.
41 So you put them in the powerof nations that hated them.
42 They were mistreated and abusedby their enemies,
43 but you saved themtime after time.They were determined to rebel,and their sins causedtheir downfall.
44 You answered their prayerswhen they were in trouble.
45 You kept your agreementand were so merciful
46 that their enemieshad pity on them.
47 Save us, Lord God!Bring us backfrom among the nations.Let us celebrate and shoutin praise of your holy name.
48 Lord God of Israel,you deserve to be praisedforever and ever.Let everyone say, “Amen!Shout praises to the Lord!”