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Psalms 50

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¹ But lusted intensely in the wilderness And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.

² So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.

³ They envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the LORD,

⁴ Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.

⁵ And a fire broke out in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.

⁶ They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai) And worshiped a cast image.

⁷ Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

⁸ They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

⁹ Wonders in the land of Ham, Awesome things at the Red Sea.

¹⁰ Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

¹¹ Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,

¹² But they sulked and complained in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

¹³ Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

¹⁴ And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations And scatter them in the lands [of the earth].

¹⁵ They joined themselves also to [the idol] Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

¹⁶ Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices, And a plague broke out among them.

¹⁷ Then Phinehas [the priest] stood up and[2] interceded, And so the plague was halted.

¹⁸ And that was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.

¹⁹ They provoked Him to anger at the waters of[3] Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

²⁰ Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.

²¹ They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan], As the LORD commanded them,

²² But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations And learned their ways,

²³ And served their idols, Which became a [dreadful] snare to them.

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1	But lusted intensely in the wilderness And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.
2	So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.
3	They envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the LORD,
4	Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
5	And a fire broke out in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.
6	They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai) And worshiped a cast image.
7	Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.
8	They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt,
9	Wonders in the land of Ham, Awesome things at the Red Sea.
10	Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
11	Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,
12	But they sulked and complained in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
13	Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,
14	And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations And scatter them in the lands [of the earth].
15	They joined themselves also to [the idol] Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
16	Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices, And a plague broke out among them.
17	Then Phinehas [the priest] stood up and[2] interceded, And so the plague was halted.
18	And that was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.
19	They provoked Him to anger at the waters of[3] Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;
20	Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.
21	They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan], As the LORD commanded them,
22	But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations And learned their ways,
23	And served their idols, Which became a [dreadful] snare to them.

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