2. Who can tell all the great things he has done?Who can praise him enough?
3. Happy are those who obey his commands,who always do what is right.
4. Remember me, Lord, when you help your people;include me when you save them.
5. Let me see the prosperity of your peopleand share in the happiness of your nation,in the glad pride of those who belong to you.
6. We have sinned as our ancestors did;we have been wicked and evil.
7. Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God's wonderful acts;they forgot the many times he showed them his love,and they rebelled against the Almighty at the Red Sea.
8. But he saved them, as he had promised,in order to show his great power.
9. He gave a command to the Red Sea,and it dried up;he led his people across on dry land.
10. He saved them from those who hated them;he rescued them from their enemies.
11. But the water drowned their enemies;not one of them was left.
12. Then his people believed his promisesand sang praises to him.
13. But they quickly forgot what he had doneand acted without waiting for his advice.
14. They were filled with craving in the desertand put God to the test;
15. so he gave them what they asked for,but also sent a terrible disease among them.
16. There in the desert they were jealous of Mosesand of Aaron, the Lord's holy servant.
17. Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathanand buried Abiram and his family;
18. fire came down on their followersand burnt up those wicked people.
19. They made a gold bull calf at Sinaiand worshipped that idol;
20. they exchanged the glory of Godfor the image of an animal that eats grass.