Psm106:1 Praise the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.
Psm106:2 Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, or declare all his praise?
Psm106:3 Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.
Psm106:4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you deliver them;
Psm106:5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory in your heritage.
Psm106:6 Both we and our ancestors have sinned; we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.
Psm106:7 Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.
Psm106:8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, so that he might make known his mighty power.
Psm106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; he led them through the deep as through a desert.
Psm106:10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
Psm106:11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.
Psm106:12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
Psm106:13 But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
Psm106:14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
Psm106:15 he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.
Psm106:16 They were jealous of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
Psm106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the faction of Abiram.
Psm106:18 Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Psm106:19 They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image.
Psm106:20 They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psm106:21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
Psm106:22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
Psm106:23 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.
Psm106:24 Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
Psm106:25 They grumbled in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.
Psm106:26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
Psm106:27 and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.
Psm106:28 Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
Psm106:29 they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Psm106:30 Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, and the plague was stopped.
Psm106:31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
Psm106:32 They angered the LORD at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
Psm106:33 for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.
Psm106:34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
Psm106:35 but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.
Psm106:36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
Psm106:37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
Psm106:38 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.
Psm106:39 Thus they became unclean by their acts, and prostituted themselves in their doings.
Psm106:40 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
Psm106:41 he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.
Psm106:42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.
Psm106:43 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes, and were brought low through their iniquity.
Psm106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress when he heard their cry.
Psm106:45 For their sake he remembered his covenant, and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
Psm106:46 He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive.
Psm106:47 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.
Psm106:48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD!