Psalms106

¹Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good , for his steadfast love endures forever !

²Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord, or declare all his praise ?

³Blessed are they who observe justice , who do righteousness at all times !

⁴Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people ; help me when you save them ,

⁵that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones , that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation , that I may glory with your inheritance .

⁶Both we and our fathers have sinned ; we have committed iniquity ; we have done wickedness .

⁷Our fathers , when they were in Egypt , did not consider your wondrous works ; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love , but rebelled by the sea , at the Red Sea .

⁸Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power .

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea , and it became dry , and he led them through the deep as through a desert .

¹⁰So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy .

¹¹And the waters covered their adversaries ; not one of them was left .

¹²Then they believed his words ; they sang his praise .

¹³But they soon forgot his works ; they did not wait for his counsel .

¹⁴But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness , and put God to the test in the desert ;

¹⁵he gave them what they asked , but sent a wasting disease among them .

¹⁶When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron , the holy one of the Lord,

¹⁷the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan , and covered the company of Abiram .

¹⁸Fire also broke out in their company ; the flame burned up the wicked .

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image .

²⁰They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass .

²¹They forgot God , their Savior , who had done great things in Egypt ,

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham , and awesome deeds by the Red Sea .

²³Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses , his chosen one , stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them .

²⁴Then they despised the pleasant land , having no faith in his promise .

²⁵They murmured in their tents , and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

²⁶Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness ,

²⁷and would make their offspring fall among the nations , scattering them among the lands .

²⁸Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor , and ate sacrifices offered to the dead ;

²⁹they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds , and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and intervened , and the plague was stayed .

³¹And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever .

³²They angered him at the waters of Meribah , and it went ill with Moses on their account ,

³³for they made his spirit bitter , and he spoke rashly with his lips .

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples , as the Lord commanded them,

³⁵but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did .

³⁶They served their idols , which became a snare to them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons ;

³⁸they poured out innocent blood , the blood of their sons and daughters , whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan , and the land was polluted with blood .

³⁹Thus they became unclean by their acts , and played the whore in their deeds .

⁴⁰Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people , and he abhorred his heritage ;

⁴¹he gave them into the hand of the nations , so that those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power .

⁴³Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity .

⁴⁴Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress , when he heard their cry .

⁴⁵For their sake he remembered his covenant , and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love .

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive .

⁴⁷Save us, O Lord our God , and gather us from among the nations , that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise .

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel , from everlasting to everlasting ! And let all the people say , Amen ! Praise the Lord! Book Five