Psalms 106
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PSALM 106.
1Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.
3From the rising and the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea.
4They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
5They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
6And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7And he led them into the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.
8Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
9For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
11Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:
12And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them.
13Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
14And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
15Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
16Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.
17He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
18Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
19And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
20He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.
21Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
22And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.
23They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:
24These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.
26They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.
27They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
28And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.
29And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.
30And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.
31Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
32And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
33He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:
34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.
37And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.
38And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
39Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
40Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
41And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
42The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.
43Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of 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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