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
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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