6  Both ^pwe and our fathers have sinned;

we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7  Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,

did not consider your wondrous works;

they did not remember the ^qabundance of your steadfast love,

but ^rrebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8  Yet ^she saved them ^tfor his name’s sake,

that he might ^umake known his mighty power.

9  ^vHe rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,

and he ^wled them through the deep as through a desert.

10  So he saved them from the hand of the foe

and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11  And the waters covered their adversaries;

not one of them was left.

12  Then they believed his words;

^xthey sang his praise.

13  But they soon forgot his works;

they did not wait for his ^ycounsel.

14  ^zBut they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,

and put God to the test in the desert;

15  he gave them what they asked,

but sent a wasting disease among them.

16  ^aWhen men in the camp were jealous of Moses

and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

17  the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and covered the company of Abiram.

18  Fire also broke out in their company;

the flame burned up the wicked.

19  ^bThey ^cmade a calf in Horeb

and worshiped a ^dmetal image.

20  They ^eexchanged the glory of God¹

for the ^fimage of an ox that eats grass.

21  They ^gforgot God, their Savior,

who had done great things in Egypt,

22  wondrous works in the land of Ham,

and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23  ^hTherefore he said he would destroy them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

ⁱstood in the breach before him,

to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24  Then they despised the pleasant land,

^jhaving no faith in his promise.

25  They ^kmurmured in their tents,

and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

26  Therefore he raised his hand and ^lswore to them

^mthat he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27  and would make their offspring fall among the nations,

ⁿscattering them among the lands.

28  ^oThen they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29  they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

30  Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stayed.

31  And ^pthat was ^qcounted to him as righteousness

from generation to generation forever.

32  ^rThey angered him at the waters of Meribah,

and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33  for they made his spirit bitter,²

and he spoke rashly with his lips.

34  ^sThey did not destroy the peoples,

^tas the Lord commanded them,

35  ^ubut they mixed with the nations

and learned to do as they did.

36  They served their idols,

which became a ^vsnare to them.

37  ^wThey sacrificed their sons

and their daughters ^xto the demons;

38  they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was ^ypolluted with blood.

39  Thus they became unclean by their acts,

and played the ^zwhore in their deeds.

40  Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,

and he abhorred his heritage;

41  he gave them into the hand of the nations,

so that ^athose who hated them ruled over them.

42  Their enemies ^boppressed them,

and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43  Many times he ^cdelivered them,

but they were rebellious in their purposes

and were brought low through their iniquity.

44  Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,

when he heard their ^dcry.

45  For their sake he ^eremembered his covenant,

and ^frelented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46  He caused them to be ^gpitied

by all those who held them captive.

47  ^hSave us, O Lord our God,

and ⁱgather us from among the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name

and glory in your praise.

48  ^jBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the Lord!