¹Halleluja! Pris Herren, for han er god, hans miskunnhet varer evindelig.

¹Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

²Hvem kan utsi Herrens veldige gjerninger, forkynne all hans pris?

²Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? [who] can shew forth all his praise?

³Salige er de som tar vare på det som rett er, den som gjør rettferdighet til enhver tid.

³Blessed are they that keep justice, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.

⁴Kom mig i hu, Herre, efter din nåde mot ditt folk, se til mig med din frelse,

⁴Remember me, O Jehovah, with [thy] favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:

⁵så jeg kan se på dine utvalgtes lykke, glede mig med ditt folks glede, rose mig med din arv!

⁵That 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.

⁶Vi har syndet med våre fedre, vi har gjort ille, vi har vært ugudelige.

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

⁷Våre fedre i Egypten aktet ikke på dine undergjerninger, de kom ikke i hu dine mange nådegjerninger, men var gjenstridige ved havet, ved det Røde Hav.

⁷Our 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.

⁸Dog frelste han dem for sitt navns skyld, for å kunngjøre sitt velde,

⁸Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.

⁹og han truet det Røde Hav, og det blev tørt, og han lot dem gå gjennem dypene som i en ørken,

⁹And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.

¹⁰og han frelste dem av hans hånd som hatet dem, og forløste dem av fiendens hånd,

¹⁰And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹og vannet skjulte deres motstandere, det blev ikke én av dem tilbake.

¹¹And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.

¹²Da trodde de på hans ord, de sang hans pris.

¹²Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

¹³Men snart glemte de hans gjerninger, de bidde ikke på hans råd;

¹³They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

¹⁴men de blev grepet av begjærlighet i ørkenen, og de fristet Gud på det øde sted.

¹⁴And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted ùGod in the desert.

¹⁵Da gav han dem det de vilde ha, men sendte tærende sykdom over deres liv.

¹⁵Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶Og de blev avindsyke mot Moses i leiren, mot Aron, Herrens hellige.

¹⁶And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.

¹⁷Jorden oplot sig og slukte Datan og skjulte Abirams hop,

¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;

¹⁸og en ild satte deres hop i brand, en lue brente op de ugudelige.

¹⁸And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹De gjorde en kalv ved Horeb og tilbad et støpt billede,

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

²⁰og de byttet sin ære* mot billedet av en okse, som eter gress. / {* 5MO 10, 21.}

²⁰And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

²¹De glemte Gud, sin frelser, som hadde gjort store ting i Egypten,

²¹They forgot ùGod their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,

²²undergjerninger i Kams land, forferdelige ting ved det Røde Hav.

²²Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

²³Da sa han at han vilde ødelegge dem, dersom ikke Moses, hans utvalgte, hadde stilt sig i gapet for hans åsyn for å avvende hans vrede fra å ødelegge dem.

²³And 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].

²⁴Og de foraktet det herlige land, de trodde ikke hans ord,

²⁴And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,

²⁵og de knurret i sine telt, de hørte ikke på Herrens røst.

²⁵But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

²⁶Da opløftet han sin hånd og svor at han vilde la dem falle i ørkenen

²⁶And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

²⁷og la deres avkom falle iblandt hedningene og sprede dem i landene.

²⁷And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

²⁸Og de bandt sig til Ba'al-Peor og åt av offere til døde*, / {* d.e. de livløse avgudsbilleder.}

²⁸And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

²⁹og de vakte harme ved sine gjerninger, og en plage brøt inn iblandt dem.

²⁹And they provoked [him] to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰Da stod Pinehas frem og holdt dom, og plagen stanset;

³⁰Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;

³¹og det blev regnet ham til rettferdighet fra slekt til slekt evindelig.

³¹And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.

³²Og de vakte vrede ved Meribas vann, og det gikk Moses ille for deres skyld;

³²And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

³³for de var gjenstridige mot hans* Ånd, og han talte tankeløst med sine leber. / {* d.e. Guds.}

³³For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

³⁴De ødela ikke de folk som Herren hadde talt til dem om,

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;

³⁵men de blandet sig med hedningene og lærte deres gjerninger,

³⁵But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;

³⁶og de tjente deres avguder, og disse blev dem til en snare,

³⁶And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

³⁷og de ofret sine sønner og sine døtre til maktene*. / {* d.e. avgudene.}

³⁷And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

³⁸og de utøste uskyldig blod, sine sønners og sine døtres blod, som de ofret til Kana'ans avguder, og landet blev vanhelliget ved blod.

³⁸And 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.

³⁹De blev urene ved sine gjerninger og drev hor ved sin adferd.

³⁹And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

⁴⁰Da optendtes Herrens vrede mot hans folk, og han fikk avsky for sin arv.

⁴⁰Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;

⁴¹Og han gav dem i hedningers hånd, og de som hatet dem, hersket over dem,

⁴¹And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

⁴²og deres fiender trengte dem, og de blev ydmyket under deres hånd.

⁴²And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

⁴³Mange ganger utfridde han dem; men de var gjenstridige i sine råd, og de sank ned i usseldom for sin misgjernings skyld.

⁴³Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked [him] by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.

⁴⁴Og han så til dem når de var i nød, idet han hørte deres klagerop.

⁴⁴But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;

⁴⁵Og i sin godhet mot dem kom han sin pakt i hu, og det gjorde ham ondt efter hans store miskunnhet,

⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;

⁴⁶og han lot dem finne barmhjertighet for alle deres åsyn som hadde ført dem i fangenskap.

⁴⁶And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.

⁴⁷Frels oss, Herre vår Gud, og samle oss fra hedningene til å love ditt hellige navn, rose oss av å kunne prise dig!

⁴⁷Save us, Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.

⁴⁸Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, fra evighet og til evighet! Og alt folket sier: Amen. Halleluja!

⁴⁸Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!