Psalm 106

¹ Praise the LORD!
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!

² Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD,
or declare all his praise?

³ Blessed are they who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times!

⁴ Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people;
help me when you save them,

⁵ 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.

⁶ Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

⁷ 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.

⁸ Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make known his mighty power.

⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

¹⁰ So he saved them from the hand of the foe
and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

¹¹ And the waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.

¹² Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.

¹³ But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.

¹⁴ But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert.

¹⁵ He gave them what they asked,
but sent a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp were jealous of Moses
and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,

¹⁷ the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸ Fire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a metal image.

²⁰ They exchanged the glory of God
for 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,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

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.

²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land,
having no faith in his promise.

²⁵ They murmured in their tents
and did not obey the voice of the LORD.

²⁶ Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

²⁹ They provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stayed.

³¹ And that was counted to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.

³² They angered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account,

³³ for they made his spirit bitter,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples,
as the LORD commanded them,

³⁵ but they mixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.

³⁶ They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.

³⁷ They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to the demons.

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.

³⁹ Thus they became unclean by their acts,
and played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people,
and he abhorred his heritage;

⁴¹ he gave them into the hand of the nations,
so that those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their power.

⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
when he heard their cry.

⁴⁵ For their sake he remembered his covenant,
and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

⁴⁶ He caused them to be pitied
by all those who held them captive.

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.

⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, 'Amen!'
Praise the LORD!