Psalms 106

106

1Ch 16:34–36

1Praise the Lord!

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; # Ps 105:1

for His mercy endures forever! # 1Ch 16:34

2Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord?

Who can declare all His praise?

3Blessed are those who keep justice,

and he who does righteousness at all times! # Ps 15:2; Rev 22:14

4Remember me, O Lord, # Ps 119:132 in Your favor of Your people;

visit me with Your salvation,

5that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, # Ps 105:6, 43

that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,

that I may glory with Your inheritance.

6We, like our fathers, have sinned; # Lev 26:40

we have committed iniquity; we have behaved wickedly. # 1Ki 8:47

7Our fathers in Egypt

did not understand Your wonders; # Ex 14:11–12

they did not remember the abundance of Your mercy, # Ps 78:42

but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, # Eze 20:9

that He might make His mighty power known. # Ex 9:16

9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; # Ps 18:15; Na 1:4

and He led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

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

and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. # Ex 14:30; Ps 107:2

11The waters covered their enemies; # Ex 15:5

not one of them was left. # Ex 14:27–28

12Then they believed His words;

they sang His praise. # Ex 14:31–15:21

13But they soon forgot His works; # Ex 15:24; 16:2

they did not wait for His counsel,

14but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

and tested God in the desert. # Ex 17:2; 1Co 10:9

15He gave them their request,

but He sent a wasting disease on them. # Isa 10:16

16They envied Moses in the camp,

and Aaron, the holy priest of the Lord.

17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and covered the company of Abiram. # Dt 11:6

18A fire broke out in their company;

the flame burned up the wicked.

19They made a calf at Horeb,

and worshipped the molten image.

20Thus they exchanged their glory # Jer 2:11

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21They forgot God, their Savior,

who had done great things in Egypt, # Ps 106:13

22wondrous works in the land of Ham, # Ps 78:51; 105:23

and marvelous deeds by the Red Sea.

23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, # Dt 9:25

had not Moses, His chosen one, # Ps 105:6

stood before Him in the breach,

to turn away His wrath from destroying them.

24Then they despised the pleasant land; # Nu 14:31

they did not believe His word, # Dt 1:32

25but murmured in their tents,

and did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

26Therefore He raised His hand against them

to overthrow them in the wilderness, # Nu 14:28–35; Eze 20:15

27and swore that He would overthrow their descendants among the nations,

and scatter them among the lands. # Lev 26:33; Ps 44:11

28They joined themselves to Baal of Peor, # Dt 4:3; Hos 9:10

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. # Dt 26:14

29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stayed.

31And that was counted to him for righteousness

to all generations forever. # Nu 25:11–13

32They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, # Nu 20:2–13; Ps 81:7

so that it went ill with Moses on their account,

33because they provoked His Spirit,

and he spoke rashly with his lips. # Nu 20:10–11

34They did not destroy the peoples,

as the Lord had commanded them, # Dt 7:16; Jdg 1:21

35but they mingled with the nations

and learned their works; # Jdg 3:5–6

36they served their idols,

which became a snare to them. # Ex 23:33; Dt 7:16

37They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to the demons, # Dt 32:17; 2Ki 16:3

38and shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was polluted with blood. # Nu 35:33

39Thus were they defiled by their works # Eze 20:18

and played the whore by their deeds. # Lev 17:7

40Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, # Jdg 2:14

and He abhorred His own inheritance. # Dt 9:29

41He delivered them into the hand of the nations, # Jdg 2:14

and those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them,

and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43Many times He delivered them,

but they were rebellious in their counsel, # Ps 81:12

and were brought low through their iniquity. # Jdg 2:16–18

44Nevertheless, He regarded their affliction

when He heard their cry. # Jdg 3:9; 4:3

45For their sake He remembered His covenant, # Ps 105:8

and relented according to the greatness of His mercy. # Jdg 2:18

46He also caused them to be pitied

by all those who carried them away captive. # Ezr 9:9; Jer 42:12

47Save us, O Lord our God,

and gather us from among the nations,

to give thanks to Your holy name,

and to glory in Your praise.

48Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the Lord! # Ps 41:13; 89:52

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Psalms 106

106

The LORD's Goodness to his People

1 # 1 Chr 16.34; 2 Chr 5.13; 7.3; Ezra 3.11; Ps 100.5; 107.1; 118.1; 136.1; Jer 33.11 Praise the LORD!

Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good;

his love is eternal.

2Who can tell all the great things he has done?

Who can praise him enough?

3Happy are those who obey his commands,

who always do what is right.

4Remember me, LORD, when you help your people;

include me when you save them.

5Let me see the prosperity of your people

and share in the happiness of your nation,

in the glad pride of those who belong to you.

6We have sinned as our ancestors did;

we have been wicked and evil.

7 # Ex 14.10–12 Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God's wonderful acts;

they forgot the many times he showed them his love,

and they rebelled against the Almighty#106.7 Probable text the Almighty; Hebrew the sea. at the Red Sea.

8But he saved them, as he had promised,

in order to show his great power.

9 # Ex 14.21–31 He gave a command to the Red Sea,

and it dried up;

he led his people across on dry land.

10He saved them from those who hated them;

he rescued them from their enemies.

11But the water drowned their enemies;

not one of them was left.

12 # Ex 15.1–21 Then his people believed his promises

and sang praises to him.

13But they quickly forgot what he had done

and acted without waiting for his advice.

14 # Num 11.4–34 They were filled with craving in the desert

and put God to the test;

15so he gave them what they asked for,

but also sent a terrible disease among them.

16 # Num 16.1–35 There in the desert they were jealous of Moses

and of Aaron, the LORD's holy servant.

17Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan

and buried Abiram and his family;

18fire came down on their followers

and burnt up those wicked people.

19 # Ex 32.1–14 They made a gold bull calf at Sinai

and worshipped that idol;

20they exchanged the glory of God

for the image of an animal that eats grass.

21They forgot the God who had saved them

by his mighty acts in Egypt.

22What wonderful things he did there!

What amazing things at the Red Sea!

23When God said that he would destroy his people,

his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God

and prevented his anger from destroying them.

24 # Num 14.1–35 Then they rejected the pleasant land,

because they did not believe God's promise.

25They stayed in their tents and grumbled

and would not listen to the LORD.

26So he gave them a solemn warning

that he would make them die in the desert

27 # Lev 26.33 and scatter their descendants among the heathen,

letting them die in foreign countries.

28 # Num 25.1–13 Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal,

and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.

29They stirred up the LORD's anger by their actions,

and a terrible disease broke out among them.

30But Phinehas stood up and punished the guilty,

and the plague was stopped.

31This has been remembered in his favour ever since

and will be for all time to come.

32 # Num 20.2–13 At the springs of Meribah the people made the LORD angry,

and Moses was in trouble on their account.

33They made him so bitter

that he spoke without stopping to think.

34 # Judg 2.1–3; 3.5–6 They did not kill the heathen,

as the LORD had commanded them to do,

35but they intermarried with them

and adopted their pagan ways.

36God's people worshipped idols,

and this caused their destruction.

37 # 2 Kgs 17.17 They offered their own sons and daughters

as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan.

38 # Num 35.33 They killed those innocent children,

and the land was defiled by those murders.

39They made themselves impure by their actions

and were unfaithful to God.

40 # Judg 2.14–18 So the LORD was angry with his people;

he was disgusted with them.

41He abandoned them to the power of the heathen,

and their enemies ruled over them.

42They were oppressed by their enemies

and were in complete subjection to them.

43Many times the LORD rescued his people,

but they chose to rebel against him

and sank deeper into sin.

44Yet the LORD heard them when they cried out,

and he took notice of their distress.

45For their sake he remembered his covenant,

and because of his great love he relented.

46He made all their oppressors

feel sorry for them.

47 # 1 Chr 16.35–36 Save us, O LORD our God,

and bring us back from among the nations,

so that we may be thankful

and praise your holy name.

48Praise the LORD, the God of Israel;

praise him now and for ever!

Let everyone say, “Amen!”

Praise the LORD!

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