1 Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness {endureth} for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? {who} can shew 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 {thy} favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:
5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy 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 in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.
8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.
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 oppressors: there was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted *God in the desert.
15 Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
16 And they envied Moses in the camp, {and} Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
18 And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;
20 And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgot *God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
23 And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy {them}.
24 And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,
25 But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
26 And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;
27 And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
28 And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;
29 And they provoked {him} to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;
31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.
32 And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
33 For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;
35 But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
36 And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:
37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
38 And shed innocent blood, 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 And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.
40 Then was the anger 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 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked {him} by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
44 But 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 loving-kindnesses;
46 And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.
47 Save us, 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 eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!
1 ALELUYA. Alabad á Jehová, porque es bueno; Porque para siempre es su misericordia.
2 ¿Quién expresará las valentías de Jehová? ¿Quién contará sus alabanzas?
3 Dichosos los que guardan juicio, Los que hacen justicia en todo tiempo.
4 Acuérdate de mí, oh Jehová, según tu benevolencia para con tu pueblo: Visítame con tu salud;
5 Para que yo vea el bien de tus escogidos, Para que me goce en la alegría de tu gente, Y me gloríe con tu heredad.
6 Pecamos con nuestros padres, Hicimos iniquidad, hicimos impiedad.
7 Nuestros padres en Egipto no entendieron tus maravillas; No se acordaron de la muchedumbre de tus misericordias; Sino que se rebelaron junto á la mar, en el mar Bermejo.
8 Salvólos empero por amor de su nombre, Para hacer notoria su fortaleza.
9 Y reprendió al mar Bermejo, y secólo; E hízoles ir por el abismo, como por un desierto.
10 Y salvólos de mano del enemigo, Y rescatólos de mano del adversario.
11 Y cubrieron las aguas á sus enemigos: No quedó uno de ellos.
12 Entonces creyeron á sus palabras, Y cantaron su alabanza.
13 Apresuráronse, olvidáronse de sus obras; No esperaron en su consejo.
14 Y desearon con ansia en el desierto; Y tentaron á Dios en la soledad.
15 Y él les dió lo que pidieron; Mas envió flaqueza en sus almas.
16 Tomaron después celo contra Moisés en el campo, Y contra Aarón el santo de Jehová.
17 Abrióse la tierra, y tragó á Dathán, Y cubrió la compañía de Abiram.
18 Y encendióse el fuego en su junta; La llama quemó los impíos.
19 Hicieron becerro en Horeb, Y encorváronse á un vaciadizo.
20 Así trocaron su gloria Por la imagen de un buey que come hierba.
21 Olvidaron al Dios de su salud, Que había hecho grandezas en Egipto;
22 Maravillas en la tierra de Châm, Cosas formidables sobre el mar Bermejo.
23 Y trató de destruirlos, A no haberse puesto Moisés su escogido al portillo delante de él, A fin de apartar su ira, para que no los destruyese.
24 Empero aborrecieron la tierra deseable: No creyeron á su palabra;
25 Antes murmuraron en sus tiendas, Y no oyeron la voz de Jehová.
26 Por lo que alzó su mano á ellos, En orden á postrarlos en el desierto,
27 Y humillar su simiente entre las gentes, Y esparcirlos por las tierras.
28 Allegáronse asimismo á Baalpeor, Y comieron los sacrificios de los muertos.
29 Y ensañaron á Dios con sus obras, Y desarrollóse la mortandad en ellos.
30 Entonces se levantó Phinees, é hizo juicio; Y se detuvo la plaga.
31 Y fuéle contado á justicia De generación en generación para siempre.
32 También le irritaron en las aguas de Meriba: E hizo mal á Moisés por causa de ellos;
33 Porque hicieron se rebelase su espíritu, Como lo expresó con sus labios.
34 No destruyeron los pueblos Que Jehová les dijo;
35 Antes se mezclaron con las gentes, Y aprendieron sus obras.
36 Y sirvieron á sus ídolos; Los cuales les fueron por ruina.
37 Y sacrificaron sus hijos y sus hijas á los demonios;
38 Y derramaron la sangre inocente, la sangre de sus hijos y de sus hijas, Que sacrificaron á los ídolos de Canaán: Y la tierra fué contaminada con sangre.
39 Contamináronse así con sus obras, Y fornicaron con sus hechos.
40 Encendióse por tanto el furor de Jehová sobre su pueblo, Y abominó su heredad:
41 Y entrególos en poder de las gentes, Y enseñoreáronse de ellos los que los aborrecían.
42 Y sus enemigos los oprimieron, Y fueron quebrantados debajo de su mano.
43 Muchas veces los libró; Mas ellos se rebelaron á su consejo, Y fueron humillados por su maldad.
44 El con todo, miraba cuando estaban en angustia, Y oía su clamor:
45 Y acordábase de su pacto con ellos, Y arrepentíase conforme á la muchedumbre de sus miseraciones.
46 Hizo asimismo tuviesen de ellos misericordia todos los que los tenían cautivos.
47 Sálvanos, Jehová Dios nuestro, Y júntanos de entre las gentes, Para que loemos tu santo nombre, Para que nos gloriemos en tus alabanzas.
48 Bendito Jehová Dios de Israel, Desde el siglo y hasta el siglo: Y diga todo el pueblo, Amén. Aleluya.