Psalms - Chapter 106 | New King James Version

  • 1. Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
  • 2. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise?
  • 3. Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does {cf2super [92]} righteousness at all times!
  • 4. Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people; Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
  • 5. That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
  • 6. We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.
  • 7. Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea--the Red Sea.
  • 8. Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known.
  • 9. He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.
  • 10. He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
  • 11. The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.
  • 12. Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.
  • 13. They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,
  • 14. But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.
  • 15. And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
  • 16. When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
  • 17. The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.
  • 18. A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
  • 19. They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.
  • 20. Thus they changed their glory Into 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, Awesome things by the Red Sea.
  • 23. Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
  • 24. Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,
  • 25. But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
  • 26. Therefore He raised up His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,
  • 27. To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.
  • 28. They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
  • 29. Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
  • 30. Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.
  • 31. And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.
  • 32. They angered Him also at the waters of strife, {cf2super [93]} So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
  • 33. Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
  • 34. They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
  • 35. But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;
  • 36. They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
  • 37. They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,
  • 38. And shed 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 were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.
  • 40. Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
  • 41. And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.
  • 42. Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
  • 43. Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.
  • 44. Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;
  • 45. And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
  • 46. He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.
  • 47. Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.
  • 48. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the Lord!
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