Psalms - Chapter 106 | New International Version

  • 1. Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
  • 2. Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
  • 3. Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.
  • 4. Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
  • 5. that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.
  • 6. We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
  • 7. When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
  • 8. Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.
  • 9. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
  • 10. He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
  • 11. The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
  • 12. Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
  • 13. But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.
  • 14. In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.
  • 15. So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
  • 16. In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
  • 17. The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
  • 18. Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
  • 19. At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
  • 20. They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
  • 21. They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
  • 22. miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  • 23. So he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
  • 24. Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
  • 25. They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
  • 26. So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert,
  • 27. make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
  • 28. They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
  • 29. they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
  • 30. But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
  • 31. This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
  • 32. By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
  • 33. for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.
  • 34. They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
  • 35. but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
  • 36. They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
  • 37. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
  • 38. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
  • 39. They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
  • 40. Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
  • 41. He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
  • 42. Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
  • 43. Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
  • 44. But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
  • 45. for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
  • 46. He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive.
  • 47. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
  • 48. Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD.
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