Psalm 106

¹Praise the LORD!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,

for his loving kindness endures forever.

²Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD,

or fully declare all his praise?

³Blessed are those who keep justice.

Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

⁴Remember me, LORD, with the favour that you show to your people.

Visit me with your salvation,

⁵that 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.

⁶We have sinned with our fathers.

We have committed iniquity.

We have done wickedly.

⁷Our 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 Sea of Suf.

⁸Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,

that he might make his mighty power known.

⁹He rebuked the Sea of Suf also, and it was dried up;

so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,

and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹The waters covered their adversaries.

There was not one of them left.

¹²Then they believed his words.

They sang his praise.

¹³They soon forgot his works.

They didn’t wait for his counsel,

¹⁴but gave in to craving in the desert,

and tested God in the wasteland.

¹⁵He gave them their request,

but sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶They envied Moses also in the camp,

and Aaron, the LORD’s holy one.

¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸A fire was kindled in their company.

The flame burnt up the wicked.

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb,

and worshipped a molten image.

²⁰Thus they exchanged their glory

for an image of a bull that eats grass.

²¹They forgot God, their Saviour,

who had done great things in Egypt,

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham,

and awesome things by the Sea of Suf.

²³Therefore 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.

²⁴Yes, they despised the pleasant land.

They didn’t believe his word,

²⁵but murmured in their tents,

and didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.

²⁶Therefore he swore to them

that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

²⁷that he would overthrow their offspring amongst the nations,

and scatter them in the lands.

²⁸They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,

and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

²⁹Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.

The plague broke in on them.

³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgement,

so the plague was stopped.

³¹That was credited to him for righteousness,

for all generations to come.

³²They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,

so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

³³because they were rebellious against his spirit,

he spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴They didn’t destroy the peoples,

as the LORD commanded them,

³⁵but mixed themselves with the nations,

and learnt their works.

³⁶They served their idols,

which became a snare to them.

³⁷Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

³⁸They 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.

³⁹Thus they were defiled with their works,

and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

⁴⁰Therefore the LORD burnt with anger against his people.

He abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹He gave them into the hand of the nations.

Those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies also oppressed them.

They were brought into subjection under their hand.

⁴³He rescued them many times,

but they were rebellious in their counsel,

and were brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded their distress,

when he heard their cry.

⁴⁵He remembered for them his covenant,

and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied

by all those who carried them captive.

⁴⁷Save us, LORD, our God,

gather us from amongst the nations,

to give thanks to your holy name,

to triumph in your praise!

⁴⁸Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting even to everlasting!

Let all the people say, “Amen.”

Praise the LORD!