Psalms 106:1
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Psalms 106:2
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
Psalms 106:3
Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms 106:4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
Psalms 106:5
That 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.
Psalms 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Psalms 106:7
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.
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 rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms 106:10
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms 106:11
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Psalms 106:12
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Psalms 106:13
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Psalms 106:15
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Psalms 106:16
They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of the LORD.
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.
Psalms 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Psalms 106:20
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Psalms 106:21
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Psalms 106:22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible 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 [them].
Psalms 106:24
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
Psalms 106:25
But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Psalms 106:26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
Psalms 106:27
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
Psalms 106:28
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms 106:29
Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Psalms 106:30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
Psalms 106:31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Psalms 106:32
They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Psalms 106:33
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Psalms 106:34
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
Psalms 106:35
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
Psalms 106:36
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Psalms 106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
Psalms 106:38
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.
Psalms 106:39
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Psalms 106:40
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Psalms 106:41
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that 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 did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Psalms 106:44
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Psalms 106:46
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Psalms 106:47
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.
Psalms 106:48
Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.