Praise the lord give thanks
For he is good his steadfast love endures

We with our fathers have sinned in wickedness
Forgot your wondrous works when they were in egypt
Nevertheless he saved them and for his name’s sake own
That he might make his power known

He led them through the sea at his command the waters dried
Then they covered every enemy not one was left alive
Though they sang his praise believed his words
They soon forgot his works

Praise the lord give thanks
For he is good his steadfast love endures

Wanton craving in the wilderness jealousy and envious
The earth it opened swallowing then plague and fire and flame
They made a calf in horeb they traded glorious god
For a man-made metal image for a grass-eating ox

They forgot God their savior then he said he would destroy them
Had not moses his chosen stood in breach before him
To turn away his wrath they despised the pleasant land
Having no faith in his promise they murmured in their tents
They angered him at meribah they sacrificed their sons
The land it was polluted with the blood of innocents
So god’s anger burned against them an abhorred inheritance

Nevertheless he pitied them and listened
Remembering his covenant he relented
According to the greatness of his love