Study Desk

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord , for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.^(a)

Who can declare the Lord 's mighty acts or proclaim all the praise due Him?^(b)

How happy are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.^(c)

Remember me, Lord , when You show favor to Your people.^(d) Come to me with Your salvation

so that I may enjoy the prosperity of Your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of Your nation, and boast about Your heritage.^(e)

Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(f)

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp the significance of Your wonderful works or remember Your many acts of faithful love; instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(g)

Yet He saved them because of His name, to make His power known.^(h)

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.⁽ⁱ⁾

He saved them from the hand of the adversary; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.^(j)

Water covered their foes; not one of them remained.^(k)

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.^(l)

They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel.^(m)

They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.⁽ⁿ⁾

He gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.^(o)

In the camp they were envious of Moses and of Aaron, the Lord 's holy one.^(p)

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(q)

Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked.^(r)

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped the cast metal image.^(s)

They exchanged their glory^[a][b] for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(t)

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,^(u)

wonderful works in the land of Ham,^[c] awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(v)

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)