³ For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.^(C)
4 The depths of the earth are in his hand,
and the mountain peaks are his.^(D)
5 The sea is his; he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.^(E)

⁶ Come, let’s worship and bow down;
let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.^(F)
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep under his care.^[a](G)
Today, if you hear his voice:^(H)
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness^(I)
9 where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.^(J)
10 For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know my ways.”^(K)
11 So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest.”^(L)

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(D)
Come to me with your salvation
⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(F)
7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(G)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(H)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(I)
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(J)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(K)
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(L)

¹³ They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.^(M)
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(N)
15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(O)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(P)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(Q)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(R)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(S)
20 They exchanged their glory^[a][b]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(T)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(U)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^[c]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(V)
23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^(W)

²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.^(X)
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.^(Y)
26 So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert^(Z)
27 and would disperse their descendants^[d]
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.^(AA)

²⁸ They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^[e](AB)
29 They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.^(AC)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.^(AD)
31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.^(AE)

³² They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered^[f] because of them,^(AF)
33 for they embittered his spirit,^[g]
and he spoke rashly with his lips.^(AG)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(AH)
35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(AI)
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(AJ)
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(AK)
38 They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.^(AL)
39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(AM)

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.^(AN)
41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.^(AO)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.^(AP)
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.^(AQ)

⁴⁴ When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,^(AR)
45 remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.^(AS)
46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.^(AT)

⁴⁷ Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.^(AU)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.^(AV)
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!^(AW)