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Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever!

Who can put into words the mighty deeds of the LORD? Or who can proclaim all His praise [that is due Him]?

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

Then Israel believed in [the validity of] His words; They sang His praise.

But they quickly forgot His works; They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],

Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,

Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He detested His own inheritance.

And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

He sent His word and healed them, And rescued them from their destruction.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And speak of His deeds with shouts of joy!

They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

God has spoken in His holiness: "I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people], And measure out the Valley of Succoth.