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Then they despised the pleasant land :
 and put no faith in his promise,
But murmured in their tents :
 and would not obey the voice of the Lord.
So he lifted his hand to swear an oath against them :
 that he would strike them down in the wilderness,
And cast out their children among the nations :
 and scatter them through all the lands.
Then they joined themselves to the Baal of Peor :
 and ate things sacrificed to gods that have no life.
They provoked him to anger with their wanton deeds :
 and plague broke out among them.
Then stood up Phinehas and interposed :
 and so the plague was ended;
And that was counted to him for righteousness :
 throughout all generations for evermore.
They angered God also at the waters of Meribah :
 so that Moses suffered for their misdeeds;
For they had embittered his spirit :
 and he spoke rashly with his lips.
They did not destroy the peoples :
 as the Lord had commanded them to do,
But they mingled themselves with the heathen :
 and learned to follow their ways.
They worshipped foreign idols :
 and these became their snare,
So that they sacrificed their sons :
 and their own daughters to demons.
They shed innocent blood :
 even the blood of their own sons and daughters,
Whom they offered to the idols of Canaan :
 and the land was defiled with blood.
They made themselves foul by their acts :
 and with wanton deeds whored after strange gods.
Then was the wrath of the Lord
   kindled against his people :
 and he loathed his own possession;
He gave them into the hands of the nations :
 and their adversaries ruled over them.
Their enemies became their oppressors :
 and they were brought into subjection
   beneath their power.
Many a time he saved them :
 but they rebelled against him to follow their own designs
   and were brought down by their wickedness.
Nevertheless, he looked on their distress :
 when he heard their loud crying.
He remembered his covenant with them :
 and relented, according to the abundance of his loving-kindness.
And he caused them to be pitied :
 even by those that held them captive.
Save us, O Lord our God,
   and gather us from among the nations :
 that we may give thanks to your holy name,
   and make our boast in your praises.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
   from everlasting to everlasting :
 and let all the people say, Amen. Praise the Lord.

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