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He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.

They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,

And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.

That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!

Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.

Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness:'

They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.