Study Desk

He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants.

He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron whom He had chosen.

They performed His signs among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word.

He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.

For He remembered His holy promise, And Abraham His servant.

He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness.

That they might observe His statutes And keep His laws. Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?

Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.