¹Halleluja! Lov Herren, thi han er god, thi hans miskundhed varer evindelig!

¹Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.

²Hvo kan opregne Herrens vældige gerninger, finde ord til at kundgøre al hans pris?

²Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

³Salige de, der holder på ret, som altid øver retfærdighed!

³O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

⁴Husk os, Herre, når dit folk finder nåde, lad os få godt af din frelse,

⁴Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

⁵at vi må se dine udvalgtes lykke, glæde os ved dit folks glæde og med din arvelod prise vor lykke!

⁵To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

⁶Vi syndede som vore Fædre, handlede ilde og gudløst.

⁶We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

⁷Vore Fædre i Ægypten ænsede ej dine Undere, kom ikke din store Miskundhed i Hu, stod den Højeste imod ved det røde Hav.

⁷Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

⁸Dog frelste han dem for sit Navns Skyld, for at gøre sin Vælde kendt;

⁸And He saveth them for His name`s sake, To make known His might,

⁹han trued det røde Hav, og det tørrede ud, han førte dem gennem Dybet som gennem en Ørk;

⁹And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

¹⁰han fried dem af deres Avindsmænds Hånd og udløste dem fra Fjendens Hånd;

¹⁰And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹Vandet skjulte dem, som trængte dem, ikke een blev tilbage af dem;

¹¹And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

¹²da troede de på hans Ord og kvad en Sang til hans Pris.

¹²And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

¹³Men de glemte snart hans Gerninger, biede ej på hans Råd;

¹³They have hasted — forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

¹⁴de grebes af Attrå i Ørkenen, i Ødemarken fristed de Gud;

¹⁴And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

¹⁵så gav han dem det, de kræved og sendte dem Lede i Sjælen.

¹⁵And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

¹⁶De bar Avind mod Moses i Lejren, mod Aron, HERRENs hellige;

¹⁶And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah`s holy one.

¹⁷Jorden åbned sig, slugte Datan, lukked sig over Abirams Flok;

¹⁷Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

¹⁸Ilden rasede i deres Flok, Luen brændte de gudløse op.

¹⁸And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

¹⁹De lavede en Kalv ved Horeb og tilbad det støbte Billed;

¹⁹They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

²⁰de byttede deres Herlighed bort for et Billed af en Okse, hvis Føde er Græs;

²⁰And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

²¹de glemte Gud, deres Frelser, som øvede store Ting i Ægypten,

²¹They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

²²Undere i Kamiternes Land, frygtelige Ting ved det røde Hav.

²²Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

²³Da tænkte han på at udrydde dem, men Moses, hans udvalgte Mand, stilled sig i Gabet for hans Åsyn for at hindre, at hans Vrede lagde øde.

²³And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

²⁴De vraged det yndige Land og troede ikke hans Ord,

²⁴And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

²⁵men knurrede i deres Telte og hørte ikke på HERREN;

²⁵And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

²⁶da løfted han Hånden og svor at lade dem falde i Ørkenen,

²⁶And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

²⁷splitte deres Sæd blandt Folkene, sprede dem rundt i Landene.

²⁷And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

²⁸De holdt til med Ba'al-Peor og åd af de dødes Ofre;

²⁸And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

²⁹de krænked ham med deres Gerninger, og Plage brød løs iblandt dem.

²⁹And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

³⁰Da stod Pinehas frem og holdt Dom, og Plagen blev bragt til at standse,

³⁰And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

³¹og det regnedes ham til Retfærdighed fra Slægt til Slægt, evindelig.

³¹And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations — unto the age.

³²De vakte hans Vrede ved Meribas Vand, og for deres Skyld gik det Moses ilde;

³²And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

³³thi de stod hans Ånd imod, og han talte uoverlagte Ord.

³³For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

³⁴De udryddede ikke de Folk, som HERREN havde sagt, de skulde,

³⁴They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

³⁵med Hedninger blandede de sig og gjorde deres Gerninger efter;

³⁵And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

³⁶deres Gudebilleder dyrkede de, og disse blev dem en Snare;

³⁶And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

³⁷til Dæmonerne ofrede de, og det både Sønner og Døtre;

³⁷And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

³⁸de udgød uskyldigt Blod, deres Sønners og Døtres Blod, som de ofred til Kana'ans Guder, og Landet blev smittet ved Blod;

³⁸And they shed innocent blood — Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

³⁹de blev urene ved deres Gerninger, bolede ved deres idrætter.

³⁹And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

⁴⁰Da blev HERREN vred på sit Folk og væmmedes ved sin Arv;

⁴⁰And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

⁴¹han gav dem i Folkenes Hånd, deres Avindsmænd blev deres Herrer;

⁴¹And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

⁴²deres Fjendervoldte dem Trængsel, de kuedes under deres Hånd.

⁴²And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

⁴³Han frelste dem Gang på Gang, men de stod egensindigt imod og sygnede hen i Brøden;

⁴³Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴dog så han til dem i Trængslen, så snart han hørte dem klage;

⁴⁴And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

⁴⁵han kom sin Pagt i Hu og ynkedes efter sin store Miskundhed;

⁴⁵And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

⁴⁶han lod dem finde Barmhjertighed hos alle, der tog dem til Fange.

⁴⁶And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

⁴⁷Frels os, HERRE vor Gud, du samle os sammen fra Folkene, at vi må love dit hellige Navn, med Stolthed synge din Pris.

⁴⁷Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

⁴⁸Lovet være HERREN, Israels Gud, fra Evighed og til Evighed! Og alt Folket svare Amen!

⁴⁸Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!`