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 Happy are those who act with justice * and always do what is right!

Remember me, O, with the favor you have for your people, * and visit me with your saving help;

That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people, * that I may glory with your inheritance.

We have sinned as our forebears did; * we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works, nor remember the abundance of your love; * they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

But he saved them for his Name’s sake, * to make his power known.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, * and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

He saved them from the hand of those who hated them * and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

The waters covered their oppressors; * not one of them was left.

Then they believed his words * and sang him songs of praise.

But they soon forgot his deeds * and did not wait for his counsel.

A craving seized them in the wilderness, * and they put God to the test in the desert.