Psalms 106
106
Psalm 106
1Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD because he is good,
because his faithful love endures forever.
2Who could possibly repeat all of the LORD’s mighty acts
or publicly recount all his praise?
3The people who uphold justice,
who always do what is right, are truly happy!
4Remember me, LORD, with the favor you show your people.
Visit me with your saving help
5so I can experience the good things your chosen ones experience,
so I can rejoice in the joy of your nation,
so I can praise along with your possession.
6We have sinned—right along with our ancestors.
We’ve done what is wrong.
We’ve acted wickedly.
7Our ancestors in Egypt didn’t understand your wondrous works.
They didn’t remember how much faithful love you have.
So they rebelled by the sea—at the Reed Sea.#106.7 Or Red Sea; also in 106:9, 22
8But God saved them for the sake of his good name,
to make known his mighty power.
9God scolded the Reed Sea, and it dried right up;
he led them through the deeps like they were a dry desert.
10God saved them from hostile powers;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
11But the waters covered over their foes—
not one of them survived!
12So our ancestors trusted God’s words;
they sang God’s praise.
13But how quickly they forgot what he had done!
They wouldn’t wait for his advice.
14They were overcome with craving in the desert;
they tested God in the wastelands.
15God gave them what they asked for;
he sent food#106.15 LXX to satisfy their appetites.
16But then they were jealous of Moses in the camp,
jealous too of Aaron, the LORD’s holy one.
17So the earth opened up, swallowing Dathan,
and covering over Abiram’s crowd.
18Fire blazed throughout that whole group;
flames burned up the wicked.
19They made a calf at Horeb,
bowing down to a metal idol.
20They traded their glorious God#106.20 Or their Glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
21They forgot the God who saved them—
the one who had done great things in Egypt,
22wondrous works in the land of Ham,
awesome deeds at the Reed Sea.
23So God determined that he would destroy them—
except for the fact that Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the way, right in front of him,
and turned God’s destructive anger away.
24But then they rejected the land that was so desirable.
They didn’t trust God’s promise.
25They muttered in their tents
and wouldn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.
26So God raised his hand against them,
making them fall in the desert,
27scattering their offspring among the nations,
casting them across many lands.
28They joined themselves to Baal-peor
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29They made God angry by what they did,
so a plague broke out against them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and prayed,
and the plague was contained.
31That’s why Phinehas is considered righteous,
generation after generation, forever.
32But they angered God at Meribah’s waters,
and things went badly for Moses because of them,
33because they made him bitter
so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
34They didn’t destroy the nations
as the LORD had ordered them to do.
35Instead, they got mixed up with the nations,
learning what they did
36and serving those false gods,
which became a trap for them.
37They sacrificed their own sons and daughters to demons!
38They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their own sons and daughters—
the ones they sacrificed to Canaan’s false gods—
so the land was defiled by the bloodshed.
39They made themselves unclean by what they did; they prostituted themselves by their actions.
40So the LORD’s anger burned against his people;
he despised his own possession.
41God handed them over to the nations;
people who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were humbled under their power.
43God delivered them numerous times,
but they were determined to rebel,
and so they were brought down by their own sin.
44But God saw their distress
when he heard their loud cries.
45God remembered his covenant for their sake,
and because of how much faithful love he has,
God changed his mind.
46God allowed them to receive compassion
from all their captors.
47 LORD our God, save us!
Gather us back together from among all the nations
so we can give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise!
48Bless the LORD, the God of Israel,
from forever ago to forever from now!
And 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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