Psalms 106

VIN(i) 1 Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His grace endures forever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise? 3 Blessed are those who observe justice, he who does righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people. Look after me when you deliver, 5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. 6 We have sinned with our fathers; we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They did not remember your abundant kindnesses. But they rebelled by the Red Sea. 8 But He saved them for His name's sake, to make His mighty power known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. 10 He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 But waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. 12 Then they believed his word and sung his praise. 13 But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel. 14 but gave in to their craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. 15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls. 16 yet they provoked Moses in the camp and Aaron the consecrated of the Lord. 17 the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; and covered the company of Abiram. 18 a fire burnt in their witness - the flame burnt the wicked: 19 At Mount Horeb they made a statue of a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal. 20 Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. 21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, 22 wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by the Red Sea. 23 So 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. 24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word, 25 They complained in their tents. They did not obey the LORD. 26 So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert; 27 kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands. 28 They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 29 Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 30 Then Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was stayed; 31 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. 32 And they angered Him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill for Moses because of them; 33 for they rebelled against his spirit so that he babbled with his lips: 34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, 35 but they mingled with the nations and learned their works, 36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them. 37 They sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons; 38 and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood, 39 Thus they defiled themselves by their deeds, And they prostituted themselves by their actions." 40 Therefore the Lord was incensed against his people, and abhorred his inheritance. 41 He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them and made them subject to their power. 43 Many times He delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel and sank in their iniquities. 44 Yet he looked upon their distress when he heard their cry. 45 he remembered his covenant and according to the multitude of his mercies; 46 He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and boast in your praise. 48 Thanks be to the LORD the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say amen. Praise the LORD!