Psalms 106

¹ Praise the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

² Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, or show forth all his praise?

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

⁴ Remember me, O LORD, when thou showest favor to thy people; help me when thou deliverest them;

⁵ that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thy heritage.

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

⁷ Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider thy wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²² wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red Sea.

²³ Therefore 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.

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

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

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

²⁷ and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.

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

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

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

³¹ And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.

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

³³ for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.

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

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

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

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

³⁸ they 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.

³⁹ Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the harlot in their doings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!