Ps-106
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v1
Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
v2
Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise?
v3
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
v4
Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
v5
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.
v6
Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
v7
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.
v8
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
v9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
v10
So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
v11
And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.
v12
Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
v13
But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
v14
But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
v15
he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.
v16
When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,
v17
the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
v18
Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
v19
They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
v20
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
v21
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
v22
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
v23
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.
v24
Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
v25
They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.
v26
Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
v27
and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.
v28
Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
v29
they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
v30
Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.
v31
And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
v32
They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account,
v33
for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
v34
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
v35
but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.
v36
They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
v37
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
v38
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.
v39
Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.
v40
Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
v41
he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.
v42
Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.
v43
Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.
v44
Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
v45
For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
v46
He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.
v47
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.
v48
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!