Psalms 106:1
Praise ye Jehovah. O give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good, for his loving kindness is forever.
Psalms 106:2
Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, or show forth all his praise?
Psalms 106:3
Blessed are those who keep justice, and he who does righteousness at all times.
Psalms 106:4
Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bear to thy people. O visit me with thy salvation,
Psalms 106:5
that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
Psalms 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. we have done wickedly.
Psalms 106:7
Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of thy loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
Psalms 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Psalms 106:9
He also rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up. So he led them through the depths as through a wilderness.
Psalms 106:10
And he saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms 106:11
And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.
Psalms 106:12
Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
Psalms 106:13
They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,
Psalms 106:14
but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and challenged God in the desert.
Psalms 106:15
And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
Psalms 106:16
They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the sanctified of Jehovah.
Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Psalms 106:18
And a fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked men.
Psalms 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
Psalms 106:20
Thus they changed their glory for the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
Psalms 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
Psalms 106:22
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things by the Red Sea.
Psalms 106:23
Therefore 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.
Psalms 106:24
Yea, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,
Psalms 106:25
but murmured in their tents, and did not hearken to the voice of Jehovah.
Psalms 106:26
Therefore he swore to them, that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
Psalms 106:27
and that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
Psalms 106:28
They also joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms 106:29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
Psalms 106:30
Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
Psalms 106:31
And that was reckoned to him for righteousness to all generations for evermore.
Psalms 106:32
They also angered him at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses because of them,
Psalms 106:33
because they were rebellious against his spirit, and he spoke ill-advisedly with his lips.
Psalms 106:34
They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them,
Psalms 106:35
but mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works,
Psalms 106:36
and served their idols, which became a snare to them.
Psalms 106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
Psalms 106:38
and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was polluted with blood.
Psalms 106:39
Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings.
Psalms 106:40
Therefore the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
Psalms 106:41
And he gave them into the hand of the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them.
Psalms 106:42
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Psalms 106:43
Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
Psalms 106:44
Nevertheless he regarded their distress when he heard their cry.
Psalms 106:45
And he remembered his covenant for them, and relented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
Psalms 106:46
He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
Psalms 106:47
Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Psalms 106:48
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Truly. Praise ye Jehovah.