day 21 : e v ening pray er
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Confitemini Domino

1  O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, *
and his mercy endures for ever.
2  Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord, *
or show forth all his praise?
3  Blessed are those who act with justice, *
and who always do righteousness.
4  Remember me, O Lord, according to the favor that you show
  to your people; *
O visit me with your salvation,
5  That I may see the felicity of your chosen, *
and rejoice in the gladness of your people, and give thanks 
with your inheritance.
6  We have sinned like our fathers; *
we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.
7  Our fathers regarded not your wonders in Egypt, neither did
  they keep your great goodness in remembrance, *
but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8  Nevertheless, he saved them for his Name’s sake, *
that he might make his power known.
9  He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; *
so he led them through the deep as through a wilderness.
10  And he saved them from the adversary’s hand, *
and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

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11  As for those who troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them; *
there was not one of them left.
12  Then they believed his words *
and sang praises unto him.
13  But soon they forgot his works *
and would not wait for his counsel.
14  A craving came upon them in the wilderness, *
and they tempted God in the desert.
15  So he gave them their desire, *
and sent leanness into their soul.
16  They were envious of Moses also in the camp, *
and of Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
17  So the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan *
and covered the company of Abiram,
18  And fire was kindled in their company; *
the flame burnt up the ungodly.

19  They made a calf in Horeb *
and worshiped a molten image.
20  Thus they exchanged their glory *
for the image of a calf that feeds on hay.
21  And they forgot God their Savior, *
who had done great things in Egypt,
22  Wondrous works in the land of Ham, *
and fearful things by the Red Sea.
23  So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses
  his chosen stood before him in the gap *
to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should 
destroy them.
24  Then they scorned that pleasant land *
and gave no credence to his word,
25  But murmured in their tents *
and did not hearken to the voice of the Lord.
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26  Then he lifted up his hand against them *
to overthrow them in the wilderness,
27  To cast out their seed among the nations, *
and to scatter them in all the lands.
28  They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *
and ate the offerings to the dead.
29  Thus they provoked him to anger with their wanton deeds, *
and the plague broke out among them.
30  Then Phineas stood up and interceded, *
and so the plague was ended;
31  And that was counted to him as righteousness *
among all generations for evermore.
32  They angered him also at the waters of strife, *
so that he punished Moses for their misdeeds;
33  For they provoked him to anger, *
so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
34  Neither did they destroy the peoples *
as the Lord commanded them,
35  But intermingled among the nations *
and learned their heathen ways,
36  So that they worshiped their idols, which became a snare
  to them; *
they offered their sons and their daughters to demons,
37  And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons
  and of their daughters, *
whom they offered to the idols of Canaan; and the land 
was defiled with blood.
38  Thus were they defiled by their own works *
and went whoring with their own deeds.
39  Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against
  his people, *
and he abhorred his own inheritance,

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40  And he gave them over into the hands of the nations, *
and those who hated them were lords over them.
41  Their enemies oppressed them *
and held them in subjection.
42  Many a time did he deliver them, *
but they rebelled against him through their own devices, 
and were brought down in their wickedness.
43  Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity, *
when he heard their lamentation,
44  He remembered his covenant and pitied them, according
  to the multitude of his mercies; *
he made all those who led them away captive to pity them.
45  Deliver 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 of your praise.
46  Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting
  and world without end, *
and let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the Lord.