1Praise Yahweh!
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
or fully declare all his praise?
3Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
4Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit me with your salvation,
5that 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.
6We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.
7Our 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.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
that he might make his mighty power known.
9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;
so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of them left.
12Then they believed his words.
They sang his praise.
13They soon forgot his works.
They didn’t wait for his counsel,
14but gave in to craving in the desert,
and tested God in the wasteland.
15He gave them their request,
but sent leanness into their soul.
16They envied Moses also in the camp,
and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18A fire was kindled in their company.
The flame burned up the wicked.