CVI. Book IV. Israel's Rebelliousness and Jehovah's Deliverances. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book IV

CVI

Israel’s Rebelliousness and Jehovah’s Deliverances


[1]	PRAISE 1 ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.
[2]	Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?
[3]	Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
[4]	Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,
[5]	That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.

[6]	We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
[7]	Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
[8]	Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.
[9]	He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness. 2
[10]	And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
[11]	And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
[12]	Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.
[13]	They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
[14]	But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
[15]	And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
[16]	They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron the saint 3 of Jehovah.
[17]	The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
[18]	And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
[19]	They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
[20]	Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
[21]	They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
[22]	Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.
[23]	Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
[24]	Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
[25]	But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
[26]	Therefore he sware 4 unto them, That he would overthrow 5 them in the wilderness,
[27]	And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
[28]	They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
[29]	Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
[30]	Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
[31]	And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
[32]	They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, 6 So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
[33]	Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
[34]	They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,
[35]	But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
[36]	And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.
[37]	Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, And shed innocent blood,
[38]	Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
[39]	Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.
[40]	Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
[41]	And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.
[42]	Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
[43]	Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
[44]	Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
[45]	And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
[46]	He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.

[47]	Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.

[48]	Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise 7 ye Jehovah.

Note 1. Heb. Hallelujah. [back]

Note 2. Or, pasture-land. [back]

Note 3. Or, holy one. [back]

Note 4. Heb. lifted up his hand. [back]

Note 5. Heb. make them fall. [back]

Note 6. Or, strife. [back]

Note 7. Heb. Hallelujah. [back]

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