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106.29 :Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment,
 * And so the plague was stayed.
 * And that was counted unto him for righteousness,
 * Unto all generations for ever.


 * They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah,
 * And it went ill with Moses because of them;
 * For they embittered his spirit,
 * And he spoke rashly with his lips.


 * They did not destroy the peoples,
 * As the commanded them;
 * But mingled themselves with the nations,
 * And learned their works;
 * And they served their idols,
 * Which became a snare unto them;
 * Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
 * And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
 * Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;
 * And the land was polluted with blood.
 * Thus were they defiled with their works,
 * And went astray in their doings.
 * Therefore was the wrath of the kindled against His people,
 * And He abhorred His inheritance.
 * And He gave them into the hand of the nations;
 * And they that hated them ruled over them.
 * Their enemies also oppressed them,
 * And they were subdued under their hand.
 * Many times did He deliver them;
 * But they were rebellious in their counsel,
 * And sank low through their iniquity.
 * Nevertheless He looked upon their distress,
 * When He heard their cry;
 * And He remembered for them His covenant,
 * And repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
 * He made them also to be pitied
 * Of all those that carried them captive.


 * Save us, O our God,
 * And gather us from among the nations,
 * That we may give thanks unto Thy holy name,
 * That we may triumph in Thy praise.


 * Blessed be the, the God of Israel,
 * From everlasting even to everlasting,
 * And let all the people say: 'Amen.'
 * Hallelujah.


 * 'O give thanks unto the, for He is good,
 * For His mercy endureth for ever.'
 * So let the redeemed of the say,
 * Whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;
 * And gathered them out of the lands,
 * From the east and from the west,
 * From the north and from the sea.


 * They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;
 * They found no city of habitation.
 * Hungry and thirsty,
 * Their soul fainted in them.
 * Then they cried unto the in their trouble,
 * And He delivered them out of their distresses.
 * And He led them by a straight way,