Psalms 106
106
Israel’s Failure to Trust God
1Praise the Lord!
Thank the Lord because he is good.
His love continues forever.
2No one can tell all the mighty things the Lord has done.
No one can speak all his praise.
3Happy are those people who are fair,
who do what is right at all times.
4Lord, remember me when you are kind to your people.
Help me when you save them.
5Let me see the good things you do for your chosen people.
Let me be happy along with your happy nation.
Let me join your own people in praising you.
6We have sinned just as our ancestors did.
We have done wrong. We have done evil.
7Our ancestors in Egypt
did not learn from your miracles.
They did not remember all your kindnesses.
So they turned against you at the Red Sea.
8But the Lord saved them for his own sake,
to show his great power.
9He commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up.
He led them through the deep sea as if it were a desert.
10He saved them from those who hated them.
He saved them from their enemies.
11And the water covered their enemies.
Not one of them escaped.
12Then the people believed what the Lord said.
They sang praises to him.
13But they quickly forgot what he had done.
They did not wait for his advice.
14They became greedy for food in the desert.
And they tested God there.
15So he gave them what they wanted.
But he also sent a terrible disease among them.
16The people in the camp became jealous of Moses
and of Aaron, the holy priest of the Lord.
17Then the ground opened up and swallowed Dathan.
It closed over Abiram’s group.
18Then a fire burned among their followers.
Flames burned up the wicked people.
19The people made a gold calf at Mount Sinai.
They worshiped a metal statue.
20They exchanged their glorious God
for a statue of a bull, which eats grass.
21They forgot the God who saved them,
who had done great things in Egypt.
22He did miracles in Egypt.# Literally, “the land of Ham.” The people in Egypt were descendants of Ham, one of Noah’s sons. See Genesis 10:6.
He did amazing things by the Red Sea.
23So God said he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one, stood before him.
He stopped God’s anger from destroying them.
24Then they refused to go into the beautiful land of Canaan.
They did not believe what God promised.
25They grumbled in their tents
and did not obey the Lord.
26So he swore to them
that they would die in the desert.
27He said their children would be killed by other nations
and that they would be scattered among other countries.
28They joined in worshiping Baal at Peor.
They ate meat that had been sacrificed to lifeless statues.
29They made the Lord angry by what they did.
So many people became sick with a terrible disease.
30But Phinehas prayed to the Lord,
and the disease stopped.
31The Lord will remember that Phinehas did what was right.
And God will remember this from now on.
32The people also made the Lord angry at Meribah.
And Moses was in trouble because of them.
33The people turned against the Spirit of God.
So Moses spoke without stopping to think.
34The people did not destroy the other nations
as the Lord had told them to do.
35Instead, they mixed with the other nations.
And they learned their customs.
36They worshiped other nations’ idols.
And they were trapped by them.
37They even killed their sons and daughters
as sacrifices to demons.
38They killed innocent people.
They killed their own sons and daughters
as sacrifices to the idols of Canaan.
So the land was made unholy by their blood.
39The people became unholy by their sins.
They were unfaithful to God in what they did.
40So the Lord became angry with his people.
He hated his own children.
41He let other nations defeat them.
He let their enemies rule over them.
42Their enemies were cruel to them.
Their enemies kept them under their power.
43The Lord saved his people many times.
But they continued to turn against him.
So they became even more wicked.
44But God saw their misery.
He heard their cry.
45He remembered his agreement with them.
And he felt sorry for them because of his great love.
46He caused them to be pitied
by those who held them captive.
47Lord our God, save us.
Bring us back from other nations.
Then we will thank you.
Then we will gladly praise you.
48Praise the Lord, the God of Israel.
He always was and always will be.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord!
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Psalms 106
106
Israel’s Unfaithfulness to God
1Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever. # 1Ch 16:34,41; Ps 100:5
2Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts
or proclaim all the praise due Him? # Ps 145:4,12; 150:2
3How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times. # Ps 15:2
4Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people. # Ps 119:132
Come to me with Your salvation
5so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of Your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
and boast about Your heritage. # Dt 32:9; Ps 105:6,43
6Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly. # Lv 26:40; Jr 3:25; 14:20
7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea — the Red Sea. # Ex 14:10-12; Ps 78:17
8Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known. # Ex 9:16; Ezk 20:9
9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
He led them through the depths as through a desert. # Ps 18:15; 104:7; Is 63:11-13
10He saved them from the hand of the adversary;
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. # Ex 14:30; Ps 107:2
11Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained. # Ex 14:27-28; 15:5; Ps 78:53
12Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise. # Ex 14:31; 15:1-21; Ps 105:43
13They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel. # Ex 15:24; Ps 78:11; 107:11
14They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert. # Nm 11:4; Ps 78:18
15He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them. # Nm 11:31; Ps 78:29
16In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one. # Nm 16:1-3
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram. # Nm 16:31-32; Dt 11:6
18Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked. # Nm 16:35
19At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image. # Ex 32:4; Dt 9:8; Ac 7:41
20They exchanged their glory # Alt Jewish tradition reads His or My glory # = God
for the image of a grass-eating ox. # Jr 2:11; Rm 1:23
21They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt, # Dt 10:21; Ps 78:11
22wonderful works in the land of Ham, # = Egypt
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea. # Ps 105:27
23So He said He would have destroyed them —
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them. # Ex 32:10; Dt 9:14; Ezk 20:8
24They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise. # Nm 14:31; Dt 9:23; Heb 3:19
25They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice. # Nm 14:2; Dt 1:27
26So He raised His hand against them with an oath
that He would make them fall in the desert # Nm 14:28-35; Ezk 20:15; Heb 3:11
27and would disperse their descendants # Syr; MT reads would make their descendants fall
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands. # Lv 26:33; Dt 4:27; Ps 44:11
28They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. # Lit sacrifices for dead ones # Nm 25:3; Dt 4:3; Hs 9:10
29They provoked the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them. # Nm 25:4
30But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped. # Nm 25:7-8
31It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come. # Gn 15:6; Nm 25:10-13
32They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered # Lit and it was evil for Moses because of them; # Nm 20:2-13; Ps 81:7
33for they embittered his spirit, # Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read they rebelled against His Spirit
and he spoke rashly with his lips. # Ps 78:40; Is 63:10
34They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them # Dt 7:2,16; Jdg 1:21,27-36
35but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways. # Jdg 3:5-6
36They served their idols,
which became a snare to them. # Dt 7:16; Jdg 2:12
37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. # Lv 17:7; Dt 32:17
38They shed innocent blood —
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood. # Nm 35:33; Is 24:5
39They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds. # Lv 18:24; Ezk 20:18,30-31
40Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against His people,
and He abhorred His own inheritance. # Dt 32:19; Ps 78:59
41He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled them. # Jdg 2:14; Neh 9:27
42Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power. # Jdg 4:3; 10:12
43He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin. # Jdg 2:16-18; Ps 81:12
44When He heard their cry,
He took note of their distress, # Jdg 3:3; 6:7; 10:10
45remembered His covenant with them,
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love. # Lv 26:42; Ps 105:8
46He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors. # 1Kg 8:50; 2Ch 30:9; Ezr 9:9
47Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise. # Ps 107:3; 147:2
48May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting. # Ps 41:13; 72:18; 89:52
Let all the people say, “Amen! ”
Hallelujah! # 1Ch 16:35-36
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