Psalms 106
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1Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.
2Who can give an account of all the wonderful things the Lord has done?#106:2. In other words, no one knows the full extent of God's activities. Who can give him all the praise he is due?
3Happy are those who treat people fairly, who always do what is right.
4Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.
5Let me see your chosen people prosperous; let me be happy together with your nation; let me share in being proud of you with those who belong to you.
6We have sinned just like our forefathers. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
7They didn't pay attention to the wonderful things you did. They didn't keep in mind how much you loved them, but chose to rebel at the sea, the Red Sea.#106:7. “The Sea of Reeds.”
8Even so he saved them because of the kind of person he is, and to show his power
9He gave his order#106:9. Literally, “rebuked.” to the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led his people across the seabed as if it were a desert.
10He rescued them from those who hated them; he saved them from their enemies' power.
11The water drowned their enemies—none of them survived,
12Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.
13But they quickly forgot what he had done for them, and they didn't listen to his advice.
14They were filled with desperate cravings#106:14. For food, particularly meat. in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.
15He gave them what they wanted, but sent them a plague#106:15. See Numbers 11:33-34. as well.
16In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.
17The earth split open and swallowed up Dathan; it buried Abiram and his followers.#106:17. See Numbers 16.
18Fire broke out among them—a flame that burned them up.
19At Mount Sinai#106:19. Literally, Horeb: another name for Mount Sinai. they made a calf, they bowed down before a metal idol.#106:19. See Exodus 32.
20They replaced their God of glory with a bull that eats grass!
21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done marvelous things in Egypt;
22performing miracles in the land of Ham,#106:22. “Land of Ham”—another name for Egypt. doing amazing things at the Red Sea.
23So he said he was going to destroy them. But Moses, his chosen leader, placed himself between the Lord and the people to persuade the Lord not to destroy them in his anger.
24Later the people refused to enter the Promised Land; they didn't trust him to do as he'd promised.
25They complained in their tents about the Lord, and refused to obey what he told them.
26So he raised his hand to give them a serious warning that he would bring them down in the wilderness,
27that he would disperse#106:27. Following the parallel passage in Ezekiel 20:23. their descendants among the heathen nations, scattering them among countries far away.
28They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor,#106:28. A heathen god, see Numbers 25. and ate food sacrificed to the dead.
29They provoked the Lord by what they did, making him angry, so a plague broke out among them.
30But Phinehas took a stand for the Lord and intervened, and the plague was stopped in its tracks.
31He has been considered as a man who lived right#106:31. The same phrase is used about Abraham in Genesis 15:6. from that time on and for all generations.
32They also angered him at the waters of Meribah where things went badly for Moses because of them.
33They upset him so much that he spoke without thinking in the heat of the moment.
34They did not destroy the heathen peoples as the Lord had told them to do,
35but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.
36They worshiped their pagan idols which became a trap for them.
37The even sacrificed their sons and daughters to these demons.
38They shed the blood of innocent children, their sons and daughters, sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan. By doing so they defiled the land with blood.
39They also defiled themselves by what they did: their actions were spiritual adultery.
40So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.
41He handed them over to the heathen nations. These people who hated them now became their rulers.
42Their enemies dominated and subdued them with their power.
43The Lord repeatedly rescued them, but they continued with their rebellious ideas, until they were finally destroyed by their own sins.
44Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.
45He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness and love.
46He made the people who captured them treat them with mercy.
47Save us, Lord, our God! Bring us back together from among the nations, so we can thank you and declare how magnificent and holy you are.
48How wonderful is the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives forever and ever! Let all the people say “Amen”! Praise the Lord!
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Psalms 106
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PSALM 106
1Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. 2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? who can shew forth all his praise? 3Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. 4Remember me, O Jehovah, with thy favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation: 5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7Our fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea. 8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might. 9And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness. 10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left. 12Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted ·God#GodHebrew: El in the desert. 15Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. 16And they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the saint of Jehovah. 17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram; 18And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked. 19They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image; 20And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21They forgot ·God#GodHebrew: El their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt, 22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. 23And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy them. 24And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word, 25But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. 26And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness; 27And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. 28And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead; 29And they provoked him to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them. 30Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed; 31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore. 32And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account; 33For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them; 35But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works; 36And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them: 37And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, 38And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 39And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings. 40Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance; 41And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them: 42And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity. 44But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry; 45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses; 46And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives. 47Save us, Jehovah our God#GodHebrew: Elohim and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48Blessed be Jehovah the God#GodHebrew: Elohim of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.