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Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

So He said He would destroy them-had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

God has spoken in His sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

May his days be few; may another take his position.