Psalms 106
106
Praise to Yahweh for His Faithfulness in Israel’s History
1Praise Yah.#Hebrew hallelujah Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.
2Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh,
or proclaim all his praise?
3Blessed are those who observe justice,
he who does righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Yahweh, when you show favor to your people.
Look after me when you deliver,
5that I may see the good done your chosen ones,
to be glad in the joy of your nation,
to glory together with your inheritance.
6We have sinned along with our ancestors.#Or “fathers”
We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt.
7Our ancestors#Or “fathers” in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works.
They did not remember your many acts of loyal love,
and so they rebelled by the sea at the Red Sea.#Literally “sea of reed”
8Yet he saved them for the sake of his name,
to make known his might.
9So he rebuked the Red Sea,#Literally “sea of reed” and it dried up,
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
10Thus he saved them from the hand of the hater
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11But waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.
13They quickly forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.
14And they craved intensely#Literally “craved a craving” in the wilderness,
and tested God in the desert.
15So he gave to them their request,
but he sent leanness into their souls.#Hebrew “soul” or “inner self”
16And they were jealous of Moses in the camp,
and of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and it covered over the gang of Abiram.
18Also fire burned in their assembly;
the flame devoured the wicked.
19They made a calf at Horeb
and bowed down to a cast image.
20And so they exchanged their glory
for an image of an ox that eats grass.
21They forgot God their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22wonders in the land of Ham,
awesome deeds by the Red Sea.#Literally “sea of reed”
23So he said he would exterminate them,
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
to reverse his wrath from destroying them.
24Then they refused the desirable land;
they did not believe his word,
25but grumbled in their tents.
They did not obey the voice of Yahweh.
26So he made an oath#Literally “he lifted his hand,” an act accompanying an oath against them,
to make them drop in the wilderness,
27and to disperse#Or “let drop” their descendants#Literally “seed” among the nations
and to scatter them among the lands.
28They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor,
and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.#Hebrew “sacrifices of dead”
29Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and so the plague was stopped,
31and it was reckoned to him as righteousness
throughout all generations.#Literally “for a generation and a generation”
32They also angered God at the waters of Meribah,
and it went badly for Moses on account of them,
33because they rebelled against his Spirit,#A slightly different verbal form yields “they embittered his spirit”
and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
34They did not exterminate the peoples,
as Yahweh had commanded them, #Hebrew “said to them”
35but they mingled with the nations
and learned their works,
36and served their idols,
which became#Hebrew “and they became” a snare to them.
37They even sacrificed their sons and daughters
to the demons,
38and they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and so the land was defiled with the blood.#Hebrew “bloods,” that is, bloodshed
39And they became unclean by their works,
and were unfaithful in their deeds.
40So Yahweh’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his inheritance.
41Then he gave them into the hand of the nations,
and those who hated them ruled over them.
42And their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their hand.
43Many times he delivered them,
but they rebelled in their counsel,
and were brought low by their iniquity.
44Yet he looked upon their distress
when he heard their cry.
45And he remembered his covenant with them,
and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love.
46And he let them find compassion#Literally “gave them to have mercies”
before all their captors.
47Save us, O Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and boast in your praise.
48Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise Yah.#Hebrew hallelujah
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Psalms 106
106
Israel’s Confession of Sin
1Hallelujah!
A
Give thanks to the Lord, who is good,
whose mercy endures forever.#Ps 100:5; 107:1; 1 Chr 16:34; Jer 33:11; Dn 3:89.
2Who can recount the mighty deeds of the Lord,
proclaim in full God’s praise?
3Blessed those who do what is right,
whose deeds are always just.#Is 56:1–2.
4Remember me, Lord, as you favor your people;
come to me with your saving help,#Ps 25:7; Neh 5:19.
5That I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your people,
and glory with your heritage.
B
6We have sinned like our ancestors;#Ps 78:11–17; Ex 14:11; Lv 26:40; 1 Kgs 8:47; Bar 2:12; Dn 9:5.
we have done wrong and are guilty.
I
7Our ancestors in Egypt
did not attend to your wonders.
They did not remember your manifold mercy;
they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.
8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake
to make his power known.#Ez 36:20–22.
9He roared at the Red Sea and it dried up.
He led them through the deep as through a desert.#Ex 14:21–31; Is 50:2; 63:11–14; Na 1:4.
10He rescued them from hostile hands,
freed them from the power of the enemy.
11The waters covered their oppressors;
not one of them survived.
12Then they believed his words
and sang his praise.#Ex 15:1–21.
II
13But they soon forgot all he had done;
they had no patience for his plan.
14In the desert they gave in to their cravings,
tempted God in the wasteland.#Ps 78:18; Ex 15:24; 16:3; Nm 11:1–6.
15So he gave them what they asked
and sent a wasting disease against them.#Ps 78:26–31; Nm 11:33.
III
16In the camp they challenged Moses#Nm 16; Dt 11:6; Is 26:11.
and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan,
it closed on the followers of Abiram.
18Against their company the fire blazed;
flames consumed the wicked.
IV
19At Horeb they fashioned a calf,#Ex 32; Dt 9:8–21; Jer 2:11; Acts 7:41; Rom 1:23.
worshiped a metal statue.
20They exchanged their glory#Their glory: meant as a reference to God.
for the image of a grass-eating bull.
21They forgot the God who had saved them,
who had done great deeds in Egypt,#Ps 78:42–58; Dt 32:18; Jer 2:32.
22Amazing deeds in the land of Ham,
fearsome deeds at the Red Sea.
23He would have decreed their destruction,
had not Moses, his chosen one,
Withstood him in the breach#Withstood him in the breach: the image is that of Moses standing in a narrow break made in the wall to keep anyone from entering.
to turn back his destroying anger.#Ex 32:11; Dt 9:25; Ez 22:30.
V
24Next they despised the beautiful land;#Lv 26:33; Nm 14; Dt 1:25–36; Ez 20:15, 23.
they did not believe the promise.
25In their tents they complained;
they did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26So with raised hand he swore
he would destroy them in the desert,
27And scatter their descendants among the nations,
disperse them in foreign lands.
VI
28They joined in the rites of Baal of Peor,#Nm 25; Dt 26:14; Sir 45:23–24.
ate food sacrificed to the dead.
29They provoked him by their actions,
and a plague broke out among them.
30Then Phinehas rose to intervene,
and the plague was brought to a halt.
31This was counted for him as a righteous deed
for all generations to come.
VII
32At the waters of Meribah they angered God,#Ps 95:8–9; Ex 17:1–7; Nm 20:2–13; Dt 6:16; 33:8.
and Moses suffered because of them.#Moses suffered because of them: Moses was not allowed to enter the promised land because of his rash words (Nm 20:12). According to Dt 1:37, Moses was not allowed to cross because of the people’s sin, not his own.
33They so embittered his spirit
that rash words crossed his lips.
VIII
34They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them,#Dt 7:1; Jgs 2:1–5.
35But mingled with the nations
and imitated their ways.#Lv 18:3; Jgs 1:27–35; 3:5.
36They served their idols
and were ensnared by them.#Lv 18:21; Nm 35:33; Dt 32:17; Jgs 2:11–13, 17, 19; 2 Kgs 16:3; Bar 4:7; 1 Cor 10:20.
37They sacrificed to demons#Demons: Hebrew shedim occurs in parallelism with “gods” in an important inscription from Transjordan and hence can also be translated “the gods.”
their own sons and daughters,
38Shedding innocent blood,
the blood of their own sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
desecrating the land with bloodshed.
39They defiled themselves by their actions,
became adulterers by their conduct.
40So the Lord grew angry with his people,
abhorred his own heritage.
41He handed them over to the nations,
and their adversaries ruled over them.#Jgs 2:14–23.
42Their enemies oppressed them,
kept them under subjection.
43Many times did he rescue them,
but they kept rebelling and scheming
and were brought low by their own guilt.#Is 63:7–9.
44Still God had regard for their affliction
when he heard their wailing.
45For their sake he remembered his covenant
and relented in his abundant mercy,#Lv 26:42.
46Winning for them compassion
from all who held them captive.
C
47Save us, Lord, our God;
gather us from among the nations
That we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in praising you.#1 Chr 16:35.
48#A doxology ending Book IV of the Psalter. It is not part of the Psalm.Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
Let all the people say, Amen!#Ps 41:14; 72:18; 89:53; 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5.
Hallelujah!
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