Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
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Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.
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Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
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that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.
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We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
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When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
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Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.
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He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
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He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
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The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
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Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
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But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.
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In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.
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So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
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In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
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The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
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Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
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At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
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They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
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They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
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So he said he would destroy them-had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
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Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
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They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
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So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert,
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make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
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They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
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they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
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But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
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This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
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By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
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for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.
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They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
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but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
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They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
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They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
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They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
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Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
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He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
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Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
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Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
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But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
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for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
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He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive.
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Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
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Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, 'Amen!' Praise the LORD.
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Psalm 107
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
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those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
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They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
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He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
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for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
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Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
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for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
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So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
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He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
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for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
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Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
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They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
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He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
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Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
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Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
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They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
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For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
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They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
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They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.
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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
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He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
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They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
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Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
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He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
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and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
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He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
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there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
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They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
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he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
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Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
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he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
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But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
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The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
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Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.
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Psalm 108
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My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul.
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Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
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I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
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For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
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Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth.
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Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
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God has spoken from his sanctuary: 'In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.
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Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
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Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.'
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Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?
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Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
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Psalm 109
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O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,
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for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
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With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
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Appoint an evil man to oppose him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
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When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
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May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
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May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
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May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
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May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
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May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
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May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
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May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
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May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
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For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
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He loved to pronounce a curse-may it come on him; he found no pleasure in blessing-may it be far from him.
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He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
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May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
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May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
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But you, O Sovereign LORD, deal well with me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
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My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
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Help me, O LORD my God; save me in accordance with your love.
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Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O LORD, have done it.
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They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice.
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My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
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With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng I will praise him.
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For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save his life from those who condemn him.
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Psalm 110
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The LORD says to my Lord: 'Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'
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The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
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Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.
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The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: 'You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.'
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The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
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He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
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He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head.