Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is Good

(1 Chronicles 16:7-36; Psalm 95:1-11; Psalm 105:1-45)

1{105:1}Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2{105:2}Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

3{105:3}Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

4{105:4}Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

5{105:5}That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

6{105:6}We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

7{105:7}Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

8{105:8}And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

9{105:9}And he rebuked the Red Sea and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

10{105:10}And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11{105:11}And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

12{105:12}And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

13{105:13}They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsel.

14{105:14}And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

15{105:15}And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

16{105:16}And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

17{105:17}The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

18{105:18}And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

19{105:19}They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

20{105:20}And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

21{105:21}They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

22{105:22}Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

23{105:23}And 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{105:24}And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

25{105:25}And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

26{105:26}And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

27{105:27}And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

28{105:28}They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29{105:29}And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

30{105:30}Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.

31{105:31}And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

32{105:32}They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

33{105:33}Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.

34{105:34}They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

35{105:35}And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

36{105:36}And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

37{105:37}And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

38{105:38}And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

39{105:39}And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

40{105:40}And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

41{105:41}And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

42{105:42}And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

43{105:43}Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44{105:44}And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

45{105:45}And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46{105:46}And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

47{105:47}Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among the nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.

48{105:48}Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.