Psalms 106
106
Psalm 106
1Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,
because his mercy endures forever.
2Who can speak about all the mighty things the Lord has done?
Who can announce all the things for which he is worthy of praise?
3Blessed are those who defend justice
and do what is right at all times.
4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.
Come to help me with your salvation
5so that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
find joy in our people’s happiness,
and brag with the people who belong to you.
6We have sinned, and so did our ancestors.
We have done wrong.
We are guilty.
7When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought to your miracles.
They did not remember your numerous acts of mercy,
so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.
8He saved them because of his reputation
so that he could make his mighty power known.
9He angrily commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up.
He led them through deep water as though it were a desert.
10He rescued them from the power of the one who hated them.
He rescued them from the enemy.
11Water covered their adversaries.
Not one Egyptian survived.
12Then our ancestors believed what he said.
They sang his praise.
13They quickly forgot what he did.
They did not wait for his advice.
14They had an unreasonable desire ⌞for food⌟ in the wilderness.
In the desert they tested God.
15He gave them what they asked for.
He ⌞also⌟ gave them a degenerative disease.
16In the camp certain men became envious of Moses.
They also became envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.
17The ground split open and swallowed Dathan.
It buried Abiram’s followers.
18A fire broke out among their followers.
Flames burned up wicked people.
19At Mount Horeb they made ⌞a statue of⌟ a calf.
They worshiped an idol made of metal.
20They traded their glorious God #106:20 Or “their glory.”
for the statue of a bull that eats grass.
21They forgot God, their savior,
the one who did spectacular things in Egypt,
22miracles in the land of Ham,
and terrifying things at the Red Sea.
23God said he was going to destroy them,
but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way
to prevent him from exterminating them.
24They refused ⌞to enter⌟ the pleasant land.
They did not believe what he said.
25They complained in their tents.
They did not obey the Lord.
26Raising his hand, he swore
that he would kill them in the wilderness,
27kill their descendants among the nations,
and scatter them throughout various lands.
28They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor,
and they ate what was sacrificed to the dead.
29They infuriated God by what they did,
and a plague broke out among them.
30Then Phinehas stood between God and the people,
and the plague was stopped.
31Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever,
throughout every generation.
32They made God angry by the water at Meribah.
Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did,
33since they made him bitter so that he spoke recklessly.
34They did not destroy the people as the Lord had told them.
35Instead, they intermarried with other nations.
They learned to do what other nations did,
36and they worshiped their idols,
which became a trap for them.
37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their own sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land became polluted with blood.
39They became filthy because of what they did.
They behaved like prostitutes.
40The Lord burned with anger against his own people.
He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.
41He handed them over to other nations,
and those who hated them ruled them.
42Their enemies oppressed them
and made them subject to their power.
43He rescued them many times,
but they continued to plot rebellion against him
and to sink deeper because of their sin.
44He saw that they were suffering
when he heard their cry for help.
45He remembered his promise #106:45 Or “covenant.” to them.
In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.
46He let them find compassion
from all those who held them captive.
47Rescue us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and make your praise our glory.
48Thanks be to the Lord God of Israel
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say amen.
Hallelujah!
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Psalm 106
106
The Rebelliousness of Israel
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 ye the Lord.
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Who can show forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that keep judgment,
and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Lord,
with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people:
O visit me with thy salvation;
5that I may see the good of thy chosen,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,
that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6We have sinned with our fathers,
we have committed iniquity,
we have done wickedly.
7 #
Exod 14.10-12. Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies;
but provoked him at the sea,
even at the Red sea.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 #
Exod 14.21-31. He rebuked the Red sea also,
and it was dried up:
so he led them through the depths,
as through the 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 enemies:
there was not one of them left.
12 #
Exod 15.1-21. Then believed they his words;
they sang his praise.
13They soon forgat his works;
they waited not for his counsel:
14 #
Num 11.4-34. but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
and tempted God in the desert.
15And he gave them their request;
but sent leanness into their soul.
16 #
Num 16.1-35. They envied Moses also in the camp,
and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abi´ram.
18And a fire was kindled in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
19 #
Exod 32.1-14. They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshipped the molten image.
20Thus they changed their glory
into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21They forgat God their saviour,
which had done great things in Egypt;
22wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and terrible things by the Red sea.
23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24 #
Num 14.1-35. Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
they believed not his word:
25but murmured in their tents,
and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them,
to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 #
Lev 26.33. to overthrow their seed also among the nations,
and to scatter them in the lands.
28 #
Num 25.1-13. They joined themselves also unto Ba´al–pe´or,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:
and the plague brake in upon them.
30Then stood up Phin´ehas, and executed judgment:
and so the plague was stayed.
31And that was counted unto him for righteousness
unto all generations for evermore.
32 #
Num 20.2-13. They angered him also at the waters of strife,
so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33because they provoked his spirit,
so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 #
Judg 2.1-3; 3.5,6. They did not destroy the nations,
concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
35but were mingled among the heathen,
and learned their works.
36And they served their idols:
which were a snare unto them.
37 #
2 Kgs 17.17. Yea, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters unto devils,
38 #
Num 35.33. and shed innocent blood,
even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:
and the land was polluted with blood.
39Thus were they defiled with their own works,
and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 #
Judg 2.14-18. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people,
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen;
and they that hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43Many times did he deliver them;
but they provoked him with their counsel,
and were brought low for their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,
when he heard their cry:
45and he remembered for them his covenant,
and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46He made them also to be pitied
of all those that carried them captives.
47 #
1 Chr 16.35,36. Save us, O Lord our God,
and gather us from among the heathen,
to give thanks unto thy holy name,
and to triumph in thy praise.
48Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye the Lord.
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