Psalms 106:1-27

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the  LORD, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.  Who can declare the  LORD’s mighty acts or proclaim all the praise due him?  How happy are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.  Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people.  Come to me with your salvation so that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of your nation, and boast about your heritage.  Both we and our ancestors have sinned; we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.  Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp the significance of your wondrous works or remember your many acts of faithful love; instead, they rebelled by the sea — the Red Sea.  Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his power known.  He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.  He saved them from the power of the adversary; he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.  Water covered their foes; not one of them remained.  Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.  They soon forgot his works and would not wait for his counsel.  They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.  He gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.  In the camp they were envious of Moses and of Aaron, the  LORD’s holy one.  The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.  Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked.  At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped the cast metal image.  They exchanged their glory  , for the image of a grass-eating ox.  They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,  wondrous works in the land of Ham,  awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.  So 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.  They despised the pleasant land and did not believe his promise.  They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the  LORD.  So he raised his hand against them with an oath that he would make them fall in the desert  and would disperse their descendants  among the nations, scattering them throughout the lands.