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Both we and our fathers have sinned ;
we have committed iniquity ,
we have done wickedly .
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Our fathers ,
when they were in Egypt ,
did not consider thy wonderful works ;
they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love ,
but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea .
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Yet he saved them for his name '
s sake ,
that he might make known his mighty power .
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He rebuked the Red Sea ,
and it became dry ;
and he led them through the deep as through a desert .
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So he saved them from the hand of the foe ,
and delivered them from the power of the enemy .
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And the waters covered their adversaries ;
not one of them was left .
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Then they believed his words ;
they sang his praise .
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But they soon forgot his works ;
they did not wait for his counsel .
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But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness ,
and put God to the test in the desert ;
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he gave them what they asked ,
but sent a wasting disease among them .
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When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron ,
the holy one of the LORD ,
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the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan ,
and covered the company of Abi '
ram .
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Fire also broke out in their company ;
the flame burned up the wicked .
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They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image .
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They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass .
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They forgot God ,
their Savior ,
who had done great things in Egypt ,
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wondrous works in the land of Ham ,
and terrible things by the Red Sea .
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Therefore he said he would destroy them --
had not Moses ,
his chosen one ,
stood in the breach before him ,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them .
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Then they despised the pleasant land ,
having no faith in his promise .
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They murmured in their tents ,
and did not obey the voice of the LORD .
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Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness ,
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and would disperse their descendants among the nations ,
scattering them over the lands .
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Then they attached themselves to the Ba '
al of Pe '
or ,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead ;
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they provoked the LORD to anger with their doings ,
and a plague broke out among them .
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Then Phin '
ehas stood up and interposed ,
and the plague was stayed .
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And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever .
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They angered him at the waters of Mer '
ibah ,
and it went ill with Moses on their account ;
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for they made his spirit bitter ,
and he spoke words that were rash .
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They did not destroy the peoples ,
as the LORD commanded them ,
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but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did .
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They served their idols ,
which became a snare to them .
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They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons ;
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they poured out innocent blood ,
the blood of their sons and daughters ,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan ;
and the land was polluted with blood .
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Thus they became unclean by their acts ,
and played the harlot in their doings .
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Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people ,
and he abhorred his heritage ;
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he gave them into the hand of the nations ,
so that those who hated them ruled over them .
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Their enemies oppressed them ,
and they were brought into subjection under their power .
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Many times he delivered them ,
but they were rebellious in their purposes ,
and were brought low through their iniquity .
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Nevertheless he regarded their distress ,
when he heard their cry .
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He remembered for their sake his covenant ,
and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love .
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He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive .
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Save us ,
O LORD our God ,
and gather us from among the nations ,
that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise .
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Blessed be the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
from everlasting to everlasting !
And let all the people say , "
Amen !"
Praise the LORD !