Psalms 106 / 150
- 1Praise the LORD . Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good; his love endures forever.
- 2Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
- 3Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.
- 4Remember me, O LORD , when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
- 5that 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.
- 6We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- 7When 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.
- 8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.
- 9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
- 10He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
- 11The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
- 12Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
- 13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.
- 14In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.
- 15So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
- 16In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD .
- 17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
- 18Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
- 19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
- 20They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
- 21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
- 22miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- 23So 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.
- 24Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
- 25They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD .
- 26So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert,
- 27make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- 28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
- 29they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- 30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
- 31This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
- 32By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD , and trouble came to Moses because of them;
- 33for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.
- 34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
- 35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
- 36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
- 37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
- 38They 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.
- 39They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
- 40Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
- 41He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
- 42Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
- 43Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
- 44But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
- 45for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
- 46He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive.
- 47Save 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.
- 48Praise be to the LORD , the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD .