The Rebelliousness of Israel |
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Praise ye the LORD.
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD?
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Who can show forth all his praise? |
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Blessed are they that keep judgment,
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and he that doeth righteousness at all times. |
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Remember me, O LORD,
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with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people: |
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O visit me with thy salvation; |
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that I may see the good of thy chosen,
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that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, |
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that I may glory with thine inheritance. |
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We have sinned with our fathers,
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we have committed iniquity, |
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we have done wickedly. |
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Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
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they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; |
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but provoked him at the sea, |
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even at the Red sea. Ex. 14.10-12 |
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
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that he might make his mighty power to be known. |
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He rebuked the Red sea also,
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and it was dried up: |
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so he led them through the depths, |
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as through the wilderness. |
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And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
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and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
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And the waters covered their enemies:
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there was not one of them left. |
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Then believed they his words; Ex. 14.21-31
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They soon forgat his works;
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they waited not for his counsel: |
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but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
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and tempted God in the desert. |
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And he gave them their request;
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They envied Moses also in the camp,
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and Aaron the saint of the LORD. |
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
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and covered the company of Abi'ram. |
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And a fire was kindled in their company;
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They made a calf in Horeb,
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and worshipped the molten image. |
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Thus they changed their glory
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into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. |
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They forgat God their saviour,
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which had done great things in Egypt; |
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wondrous works in the land of Ham,
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and terrible things by the Red sea. |
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Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
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had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, |
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to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. Ex. 32.1-14 |
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Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
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they believed not his word: |
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but murmured in their tents,
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and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. |
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Therefore he lifted up his hand against them,
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to overthrow their seed also among the nations,
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They joined themselves also unto Ba'alpe'or,
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and ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:
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and the plague brake in upon them. |
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Then stood up Phin'ehas, and executed judgment:
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and so the plague was stayed. |
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And that was counted unto him for righteousness
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They angered him also at the waters of strife,
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so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: |
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because they provoked his spirit,
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They did not destroy the nations,
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concerning whom the LORD commanded them: |
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but were mingled among the heathen,
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And they served their idols:
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Yea, they sacrificed their sons
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and shed innocent blood,
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even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, |
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whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: |
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and the land was polluted with blood. Num. 35.33 |
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Thus were they defiled with their own works,
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and went a whoring with their own inventions. |
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Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,
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insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
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And he gave them into the hand of the heathen;
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and they that hated them ruled over them. |
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Their enemies also oppressed them,
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and they were brought into subjection under their hand. |
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Many times did he deliver them;
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but they provoked him with their counsel, |
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and were brought low for their iniquity. |
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Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,
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and he remembered for them his covenant,
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and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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He made them also to be pitied
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Save us, O LORD our God,
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and gather us from among the heathen, |
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to give thanks unto thy holy name, |
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and to triumph in thy praise. |
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Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
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from everlasting to everlasting: |
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and let all the people say, Amen. |
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Praise ye the LORD. 1 Chr. 16.35, 36 |
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