Psalms 106

1versePraise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

2verseWho can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?

3verseBlessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

4verseRemember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

5versethat I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

6verseWe have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

7verseOur fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

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

9verseHe rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

10verseHe saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11verseThe waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

12verseThen they believed his words. They sang his praise.

13verseThey soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

14versebut gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

15verseHe gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

16verseThey envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the LORD’s saint.

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

18verseA fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

19verseThey made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

20verseThus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

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

22versewondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

23verseTherefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

24verseYes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

25versebut murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.

26verseTherefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

27versethat he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

28verseThey joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29verseThus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

30verseThen Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

31verseThat was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

32verseThey angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

33versebecause they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

34verseThey didn’t destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

35versebut mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

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

37verseYes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38verseThey shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

39verseThus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

40verseTherefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

41verseHe gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

42verseTheir enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

43verseHe rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

44verseNevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

45verseHe remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

46verseHe made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

47verseSave us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

48verseBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!