Psalms 106
106
1Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord because he is good!
His faithful love will last forever!
2No one can describe how great the Lord really is.
No one can praise him enough.
3Those who obey his commands are happy.
They do good things all the time.
4Lord, remember me when you show kindness to your people.
Remember to save me too!
5Let me share in the good things
that you do for your chosen people.
Let me rejoice with your nation.
Let me join with your people in praise.
6We sinned just as our ancestors did.
We were wrong; we did bad things!
7Lord, our ancestors learned nothing
from the miracles you did in Egypt.
They forgot your kindness at the Red Sea
and rebelled against you.
8But the Lord saved our ancestors for the honor of his name.
He saved them to show his great power.
9He gave the command, and the Red Sea became dry.
He led them through the deep sea on land as dry as the desert.
10He saved our ancestors
and rescued them from their enemies.
11He covered their enemies with the sea.
Not one of them escaped!
12Then our ancestors believed what he had said.
They sang praises to him.
13But they quickly forgot about what he did.
They did not listen to his advice.
14They became hungry in the desert,
and they tested him in the wilderness.
15He gave them what they asked for,
but he also gave them a terrible disease.
16The people became jealous of Moses.
They became jealous of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.
17The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan.
Then the ground closed up and covered Abiram’s group.
18Then a fire burned that mob of people.
It burned those wicked people.
19The people made a golden calf at Mount Horeb.
They worshiped a statue!
20They traded their glorious God
for a statue of a grass-eating bull!
21They forgot all about God, the one who saved them,
the one who did the miracles in Egypt.
22He did amazing things there in Ham’s country#106:22 Ham’s country Or “Egypt.” The Egyptians were Ham’s descendants. See Gen. 10:6-20.!
He did awesome things at the Red Sea!
23God wanted to destroy those people,
but Moses, the leader he chose, stood in the way.
God was very angry, but Moses begged him to stop,
so God did not destroy the people.#106:23 Or “God said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach and repelled his anger from destroying.” This compares Moses to a soldier standing at a break in a wall defending the city against enemy soldiers.
24But then they refused to go into the wonderful land of Canaan.
They did not believe that God would help them defeat the people there.
25Our ancestors complained in their tents
and refused to obey the Lord.
26So he swore that they would die
in the desert.
27He promised to scatter them among the nations
and to let other people defeat their descendants.
28At Baal Peor they joined in worshiping Baal
and ate sacrifices to honor the dead.#106:28 the dead This might refer to “lifeless gods” or to dead friends or relatives honored with meals eaten at their graves.
29The Lord became angry with his people,
so he made them sick.
30But Phinehas prayed#106:30 prayed Or “intervened,” or “judged.” Phinehas not only prayed to God, but he also did something to stop the people from doing these sins. See Num. 25:1-16. to God,
and God stopped the sickness.
31He considered what Phinehas did a good work,
and it will be remembered forever and ever.
32At Meribah the people made the Lord angry
and created trouble for Moses.
33They upset Moses,
and he spoke without stopping to think.
34The Lord told the people to destroy the other nations living in Canaan.
But the Israelites did not obey him.
35They mixed with the other people
and did what those people were doing.
36They began worshiping the false gods those people worshiped.
And their idols became a trap.
37They even offered their own children
as sacrifices to demons.
38They killed their innocent sons and daughters
and offered them to the false gods of Canaan.
So the land was polluted with the sin of murder.
39They were unfaithful to him,
and they became dirty with the sins of other nations.
40So the Lord became angry with his people.
He rejected those who belonged to him.
41He gave his people to other nations
and let their enemies rule over them.
42Their enemies controlled them
and made life hard for them.
43He saved his people many times,
but they turned against him and did what they wanted to do.
His people did many bad things.
44But whenever they were in trouble,
he listened to their prayers.
45He always remembered his agreement,
and because of his faithful love, he comforted them.
46Other nations took them as prisoners,
but the Lord caused them to be kind to his people.
47Lord our God, save us!
Bring us back together from those nations.
Then we will give thanks to your holy name
and joyfully praise you.
48Praise the Lord, the God of Israel!
He always was and will always be worthy of praise.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord!
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Psalms 106
106
A Nation Asks for Forgiveness
1 #
1 Ch 16.34; 2 Ch 5.11-13; 7.3; Ezra 3.11; Ps 100.5; 107.1; 118.1; 136.1; Jr 33.11. We will celebrate
and praise you, Lord!
You are good to us,
and your love never fails.
2No one can praise you enough
for all the mighty things
you have done.
3You bless those people
who are honest and fair
in everything they do.
4Remember me, Lord,
when you show kindness
by saving your people.
5Let me prosper with the rest
of your chosen ones,
as they celebrate with pride
because they belong to you.
6We and our ancestors
have sinned terribly.
7 #
Ex 14.10-12. When they were in Egypt,
they paid no attention
to your marvelous deeds
or your wonderful love.
And they turned against you
at the Red Sea.#106.7 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, “Sea of Reeds,” one of the marshes or fresh water lakes near the eastern part of the Nile Delta. This identification is based on Exodus 13.17—14.9, which lists the towns on the route of the Israelites before crossing the sea. In the Greek translation of the Scriptures made about 200 b.c., the “Sea of Reeds” was named “Red Sea.”
8But you were true to your name,
and you rescued them to prove
how mighty you are.
9 #
Ex 14.21-31. You said to the Red Sea,#106.9 Red Sea: See the note at 106.7.
“Dry up!”
Then you led your people across
on land as dry as a desert.
10You saved all of them
11and drowned every one
of their enemies.
12 #
Ex 15.1-21. Then your people trusted you
and sang your praises.
13But they soon forgot
what you had done
and rejected your advice.
14 #
Nu 11.4-34. They became greedy for food
and tested you there
in the desert.
15So you gave them
what they wanted,
but later you destroyed them
with a horrible disease.
16 #
Nu 16.1-35. Everyone in camp was jealous
of Moses and of Aaron,
your chosen priest.
17Dathan and Abiram rebelled,
and the earth opened up
and swallowed them.
18Then fire broke out
and destroyed all
of their followers.
19 #
Ex 32.1-14. At Horeb your people
made and worshiped the statue
20of a bull, instead of you,
their glorious God.
21You worked powerful miracles
to save them from Egypt,
but they forgot about you
22and the fearsome things
you did at the Red Sea.#106.22 Red Sea: See the note at 106.7.
23You were angry and started
to destroy them,
but Moses, your chosen leader,
begged you not to do it.
24 #
Nu 14.1-35. They would not trust
you, Lord,
and they did not like
the promised land.
25They would not obey you,
and they grumbled
in their tents.
26So you threatened them
by saying, “I'll kill you
out here in the desert!
27 #
Lv 26.33. I'll scatter your children
everywhere in the world.”
28 #
Nu 25.1-13. Your people became followers
of a god named Baal Peor,
and they ate sacrifices
offered to the dead.#106.28 the dead: Or “lifeless idols.”
29They did such terrible things
that you punished them
with a deadly disease.
30But Phinehas#106.30 Phinehas: The grandson of Aaron, who put two people to death and kept the Lord from being angry with the rest of his people (see Numbers 25.1-13). helped them,
and the sickness stopped.
31Now he will always
be highly honored.
32 #
Nu 20.2-13. At Meribah Spring#106.32 Meribah Spring: See the note at 81.7.
they turned against you
and made you furious.
33Then Moses got into trouble
for speaking in anger.
34 #
Jg 2.1-3; 3.5,6. Our Lord, they disobeyed you
by refusing to destroy
the nations.
35Instead they were friendly
with those foreigners
and followed their customs.
36Then they fell into the trap
of worshiping idols.
37 #
2 K 17.17. They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons
38 #
Nu 35.33,34. and to the gods of Canaan.
Then they poured out the blood
of these innocent children
and made the land filthy.
39By doing such gruesome things,
they also became filthy.
40 #
Jg 2.14-18. Finally, Lord, you were angry
and terribly disgusted
with your people.
41So you put them in the power
of nations that hated them.
42They were mistreated and abused
by their enemies,
43but you saved them
time after time.
They were determined to rebel,
and their sins caused
their downfall.
44You answered their prayers
when they were in trouble.
45You kept your agreement
and were so merciful
46that their enemies
had pity on them.
47 #
1 Ch 16.35,36. Save us, Lord God!
Bring us back
from among the nations.
Let us celebrate and shout
in praise of your holy name.
48 Lord God of Israel,
you deserve to be praised
forever and ever.
Let everyone say, “Amen!
Shout praises to the Lord!”
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