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Rh :Remember me, O, when Thou favourest Thy people;
 * O think of me at Thy salvation;
 * That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen,
 * That I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation,
 * That I may glory with Thine inheritance.


 * We have sinned with our fathers,
 * We have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.
 * Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders;
 * They remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies;
 * But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
 * Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake,
 * That He might make His mighty power to be known.
 * And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up;
 * And He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
 * And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
 * And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
 * And the waters covered their adversaries;
 * There was not one of them left.
 * Then believed they His words;
 * They sang His praise.


 * They soon forgot His works;
 * They waited not for His counsel;
 * But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
 * And tried God in the desert.
 * And He gave them their request;
 * But sent leanness into their soul.


 * They were jealous also of Moses in the camp,
 * And of Aaron the holy one of the.
 * The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
 * And covered the company of Abiram.
 * And a fire was kindled in their company;
 * The flame burned up the wicked.


 * They made a calf in Horeb,
 * And worshipped a molten image.
 * Thus they exchanged their glory
 * For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
 * They forgot God their saviour,
 * Who had done great things in Egypt;
 * Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.
 * Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
 * Had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach,
 * To turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.


 * Moreover, they scorned the desirable land,
 * They believed not His word;
 * And they murmured in their tents,
 * They hearkened not unto the voice of the.
 * Therefore He swore concerning them,
 * That He would overthrow them in the wilderness;
 * And that He would cast out their seed among the nations,
 * And scatter them in the lands.


 * They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor,
 * And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
 * Thus they provoked Him with their doings,
 * And the plague broke in upon them.