Psalms - Chapter 106 | English Standard Version

  • 1. Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
  • 2. Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise?
  • 3. Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
  • 4. Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
  • 5. that 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.
  • 6. Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
  • 7. Our 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.
  • 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 redeemed 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 metal 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 awesome deeds 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 make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.
  • 28. Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
  • 29. they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
  • 30. Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.
  • 31. And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
  • 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 rashly with his lips.
  • 34. They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
  • 35. but they mixed 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 whore in their deeds.
  • 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 looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
  • 45. For their sake he remembered 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 your holy name and glory in your praise.
  • 48. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!
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