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^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord ! Oh ^(a)give thanks to the Lord , for He ^(b)is good; For ^(c)His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Who can speak of the ^(d)mighty deeds of the Lord , Or can show forth all His praise?

How blessed are those who keep ^[c]justice, ^[d]Who ^(e)practice righteousness at all times!

Remember me, O Lord , in Your ^(f)favor ^[e]toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation,

That I may see the ^(g)prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may ^(h)rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may ⁽ⁱ⁾glory with Your ^[f]inheritance.

^(j)We have sinned ^[g](k)like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your ^[h]wonders; They ^(l)did not remember ^[i]Your abundant kindnesses, But ^(m)rebelled by the sea, at the ^[j]Red Sea.

Nevertheless He saved them ⁽ⁿ⁾for the sake of His name, That He might ^(o)make His power known.

Thus He ^(p)rebuked the ^[k]Red Sea and it ^(q)dried up, And He ^(r)led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

So He ^(s)saved them from the ^[l]hand of the one who hated them, And ^(t)redeemed them from the ^[m]hand of the enemy.

^(u)The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.

Then they ^(v)believed His words; They ^(w)sang His praise.

They quickly ^(x)forgot His works; They ^(y)did not wait for His counsel,

But ^(z)craved intensely in the wilderness, And ^[n](aa)tempted God in the desert.

So He ^(ab)gave them their request, But ^(ac)sent a ^[o]wasting disease among them.

When they became ^(ad)envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord ,

The ^(ae)earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the ^[p]company of Abiram.

And a ^(af)fire blazed up in their ^[q]company; The flame consumed the wicked.

They ^(ag)made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image.

Thus they ^(ah)exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

They ^(ai)forgot God their Savior, Who had done ^(aj)great things in Egypt,

^[r](ak)Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the ^[s]Red Sea.

Therefore ^(al)He said that He would destroy them, Had not ^(am)Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.