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| 1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
His mercy – Which sent his Son to be our Redeemer. R5427:3
The wrath of God is always just and tempered with mercy. HG319:5; R5427:3; R2613:2
Endureth for ever – To a full completeness. R5427:3 Psalms 106:12
They sang his praise – In the song of Moses recorded in Exo. 15:1-20. R3998:6
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| 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his praise? |
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| 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. |
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| 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; |
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| 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. |
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| 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. |
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| 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. |
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| 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. |
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| 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. |
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| 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
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| 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. |
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| 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
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| 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
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| 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
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| 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. |
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| 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. |
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| 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. |
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| 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
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| 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. |
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| 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. |
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| 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; |
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| 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. |
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| 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. |
Stood before him – God dealt with only one man in connection with the making of the Law covenant--Moses. R1725:6
In the breach – See comments on Psa. 105:26. Psalms 106:35
Learned their works – Grecian philosophy, including the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. R5910:3
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| 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: |
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| 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. |
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| 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: |
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| 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. |
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| 28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
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| 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. |
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| 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. |
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| 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. |
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| 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: |
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| 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. |
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| 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: |
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| 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. |
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| 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. |
Served their idols – Sought after wizards, necromancers-- mediums of the fallen spirits. R5910:2
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| 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, |
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| 38 And shed innocent blood, 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. |
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| 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. |
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| 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
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| 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. |
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| 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. |
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| 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. |
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| 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: |
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| 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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| 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. |
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| 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. |
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| 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. |
From everlasting – From all eternity; without any beginning. E86
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