Psalms 106

  • [1]Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • [2]Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?
  • [3]Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
  • [4]Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
  • [5]that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, 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 didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at 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 was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
  • [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 adversaries. There was not one of them left.
  • [12]Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
  • [13]They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
  • [14]but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
  • [15]He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
  • [16]They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
  • [17]The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company 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 a molten image.
  • [20]Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull 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 things by the Red Sea.
  • [23]Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
  • [24]Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,
  • [25]but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
  • [26]Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
  • [27]that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
  • [28]They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
  • [29]Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
  • [30]Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
  • [31]That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
  • [32]They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
  • [33]because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.
  • [34]They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,
  • [35]but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
  • [36]They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
  • [37]Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
  • [38]They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
  • [39]Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
  • [40]Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
  • [41]He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
  • [42]Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
  • [43]Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
  • [44]Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
  • [45]He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
  • [46]He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
  • [47]Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
  • [48]Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!

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