Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good
Hallelujah! 1 1Th 5:181Ch 16:34Psa 105:1Psa 136:1Jer 33:11Psa 118:1Psa 105:45Psa 107:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
His loving devotion endures forever.
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD Eph 1:19Rom 11:33Psa 139:17-18Psa 145:3-12Eph 3:18Job 26:14Job 5:9Neh 9:5
or fully proclaim His praise?
Blessed are those who uphold justice, Psa 15:2Jas 1:25Gal 6:9Jhn 13:17Jhn 15:14Deu 11:1Mrk 3:35Psa 119:1-3
who practice righteousness at all times.
Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; Psa 119:132Luk 23:42Neh 13:14Neh 13:31Psa 25:7Neh 13:22Act 15:14Neh 5:19
visit me with Your salvation,
that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, Jhn 15:16Psa 105:43Eph 1:18Isa 12:6Isa 66:10Psa 1:3Psa 105:6Zec 9:9
and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
and give glory with Your inheritance.
We have sinned like our fathers; Neh 9:16Psa 78:81Ki 8:47Ezr 9:6-7Neh 9:32-34Dan 9:5-8Lev 26:40Act 7:51-52
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders Exo 14:11-12Psa 78:422Th 2:10-12Pro 1:22Psa 78:11Deu 15:15Deu 29:4Deu 32:28-29
or remember Your abundant kindness;
but they rebelled by the sea,
there at the Red Sea. 2
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, Exo 9:16Ezk 20:9Ezk 20:14Ezk 20:22Ezk 20:44Jer 14:21Rom 9:17Dan 9:17-19
to make His power known.
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; Psa 18:15Isa 51:10Isa 63:11-14Nam 1:4Psa 78:13Exo 14:21-22Exo 14:27-29Neh 9:11
He led them through the depths as through a desert.
He saved them from the hand that hated them; Exo 14:30Psa 107:2Mic 6:4Job 6:22-23Psa 136:24Deu 11:4Exo 15:13Exo 15:9-10
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
The waters covered their foes; Exo 15:5Exo 14:13Exo 14:27-28Psa 78:53Exo 15:10Exo 15:19
not one of them remained.
Then they believed His promises Exo 14:31Jhn 8:30-31Luk 8:13
and sang His praise.
Yet they soon forgot His works Psa 78:11Exo 15:24Exo 16:2Isa 48:17-18Pro 1:25Psa 107:11Exo 17:2Pro 1:30
and failed to wait for His counsel.
They craved intensely in the wilderness 1Co 10:91Co 10:6Exo 17:2Num 11:4Heb 3:8-10Deu 9:22Num 11:33-34Num 14:22
and tested God in the desert.
So He granted their request, Num 11:31-34Isa 10:16Psa 78:29-31Isa 24:16
but sent a wasting disease upon them.
In the camp they envied Moses, Num 16:1-50Lev 21:10-12Exo 28:36Lev 21:6-8
as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; Deu 11:6Num 16:29-33Num 26:10
it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Then fire blazed through their company; Heb 12:29Num 16:35-40Num 16:46
flames consumed the wicked.
At Horeb 3they made a calf Exo 32:35Exo 32:4-81Co 10:7Act 7:41Deu 9:12-16Deu 9:21Deu 9:8Neh 9:18
and worshiped a molten image.
They exchanged their Glory 4 Jer 2:11Exo 20:4-5Rom 1:22-23Isa 40:18-25Psa 89:17
for the image of a grass-eating ox.
They forgot God their Savior, Psa 78:42-51Deu 32:17-18Jer 2:32Psa 106:13Psa 78:11-12Deu 10:21Deu 4:34Psa 135:9
who did great things in Egypt,
wondrous works in the land of Ham, Psa 105:23Psa 78:51Exo 14:25-28Exo 15:10Psa 105:27-36
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
So He said He would destroy them— Deu 9:13-14Deu 9:25Ezk 22:30Jas 5:16Exo 32:32Ezk 13:5Ezk 20:8Mat 12:18
had not Moses His chosen one
stood before Him in the breach
to divert His wrath from destroying them.
They despised the pleasant land; Deu 1:32Ezk 20:6Heb 3:18-19Num 14:31Heb 4:6Deu 11:11-12Deu 8:7-9Heb 12:16
they did not believe His promise.
They grumbled in their tents Deu 1:26-27Heb 3:15Heb 3:7-8Num 14:22Psa 95:7-9Num 14:1-4Num 14:27-29
and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
So He raised His hand and swore Ezk 20:15Num 14:28-35Heb 3:11Psa 95:11Deu 1:34-35Exo 6:8Heb 3:18Deu 32:40-42
to cast them down in the wilderness,
to disperse 5their offspring among the nations Lev 26:33Psa 44:11Deu 28:64-65Ezk 20:23Deu 28:37Deu 32:26-27Deu 4:26-27
and scatter them throughout the lands.
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor Hos 9:10Num 25:1-3Num 25:51Co 10:19-20Deu 4:3Jer 10:8-10Deu 32:17Rev 2:14
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, 1Co 10:8Deu 32:16-21Ecc 7:29Num 25:9Psa 106:39Psa 99:8Rom 1:21-24
and a plague broke out among them.
But Phinehas stood and intervened, Num 25:6-8Jos 7:12Num 25:14-151Ki 18:40-41Deu 13:9-11Jon 1:12-15Deu 13:15-17
and the plague was restrained.
It was credited to him as righteousness Num 25:11-13Deu 24:13Gen 15:6Mrk 14:3-9
for endless generations to come.
At the waters of Meribah 6they angered the LORD, Num 20:2-13Deu 1:37Deu 4:21Num 20:23-24Psa 81:7Deu 3:26Num 27:13-14Psa 78:40
and trouble came to Moses because of them.
For they rebelled against His Spirit, 7 Num 20:10-11Jas 3:2Psa 107:11Psa 39:1Psa 78:40Job 2:10Psa 141:3Gen 30:1
and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
They did not destroy the peoples Deu 7:2Deu 7:16Jdg 1:21Jos 23:12-131Sa 15:22-23Mat 17:19-20Num 33:55-561Sa 15:3
as the LORD had commanded them,
but they mingled with the nations Jdg 3:5-61Co 15:331Co 5:6Jdg 1:27-36Jdg 2:2-3Isa 2:6Jos 15:63
and adopted their customs.
They worshiped their idols, Deu 7:16Jdg 2:3Exo 23:33Jdg 2:12-15Psa 78:582Ch 33:2-92Ki 17:16-172Ki 17:8-11
which became a snare to them.
They sacrificed their sons 2Ki 16:32Ki 17:17Deu 32:17Jer 7:31Deu 12:30-31Ezk 23:371Co 10:202Ki 21:6
and their daughters to demons.
They shed innocent blood— Num 35:332Ki 21:16Deu 21:9Isa 26:212Ki 24:4Ezk 22:3Ezk 7:23Isa 1:15
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was polluted with blood.
They defiled themselves by their actions Ezk 20:18Lev 17:7Num 15:39Ezk 20:30-31Ezk 20:43Hos 9:1Isa 24:5-6Isa 59:3
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, Jdg 2:14Deu 9:29Deu 32:19Jdg 2:20Jdg 3:8Lam 2:7Lev 20:23Neh 9:27-38
and He abhorred His own inheritance.
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, Jdg 2:14Neh 9:27-38Jdg 3:12Jdg 3:8Jdg 4:1-2Deu 28:25Deu 28:29Deu 28:33
and those who hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies oppressed them, Jdg 10:12Jdg 4:3
and subdued them under their hand.
Many times He rescued them, Jdg 2:16-18Psa 81:12Psa 1:11Sa 12:9-11Psa 106:291Sa 13:19Jdg 5:8Jdg 6:5
but they were bent on rebellion
and sank down in their iniquity.
Nevertheless He heard their cry; Jdg 3:9Jdg 4:31Sa 7:8-122Ki 14:26-27Jdg 10:10-16Jdg 2:18Jdg 6:6-10Neh 9:27-38
He took note of their distress.
And He remembered His covenant with them, Psa 105:82Ki 13:23Exo 32:14Jdg 2:18Lam 3:32Isa 63:7Lev 26:40-42Luk 1:71-72
and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
He made them objects of compassion Ezr 9:9Jer 42:121Ki 8:50Jer 15:11Neh 1:112Ch 30:9
to all who held them captive.
Save us, O LORD our God, 1Ch 16:35-362Co 2:14Rev 7:10-12Ezk 36:24-28Psa 107:1-3Psa 14:7Ezk 37:21-28Ezk 39:25-29
and gather us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to Your holy name,
that we may glory in Your praise.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, Psa 41:13Psa 89:521Ch 29:10Psa 72:18-191Co 14:16Psa 105:45
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!