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Psalms 106

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1 Hallelujah! Thank God! And why? Because he's good, because his love lasts.

2 But who on earth can do it - declaim God's mighty acts, broadcast all his praises?

3 You're one happy man when you do what's right, one happy woman when you form the habit of justice.

4 Remember me, God, when you enjoy your people; include me when you save them;

5 I want to see your chosen succeed, celebrate with your celebrating nation, join the Hallelujahs of your pride and joy!

6 We've sinned a lot, both we and our parents; We've fallen short, hurt a lot of people.

7 After our parents left Egypt, they took your wonders for granted, forgot your great and wonderful love. They were barely beyond the Red Sea when they defied the High God

8 - the very place he saved them! - the place he revealed his amazing power!

9 He rebuked the Red Sea so that it dried up on the spot - he paraded them right through! - no one so much as got wet feet!

10 He saved them from a life of oppression, pried them loose from the grip of the enemy.

11 Then the waters flowed back on their oppressors; there wasn't a single survivor.

12 Then they believed his words were true and broke out in songs of praise.

13 But it wasn't long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn't wait to be told what to do.

14 They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands.

15 He gave them exactly what they asked for - but along with it they got an empty heart.

16 One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God.

17 The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram's gang.

18 Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.

19 They cast in metal a bull calf at Horeb and worshiped the statue they'd made.

20 They traded the Glory for a cheap piece of sculpture - a grass-chewing bull!

21 They forgot God, their very own Savior, who turned things around in Egypt,

22 Who created a world of wonders in the Land of Ham, who gave that stunning performance at the Red Sea.

23 Fed up, God decided to get rid of them - and except for Moses, his chosen, he would have. But Moses stood in the gap and deflected God's anger, prevented it from destroying them utterly.

24 They went on to reject the Blessed Land, didn't believe a word of what God promised.

25 They found fault with the life they had and turned a deaf ear to God's voice.

26 Exasperated, God swore that he'd lay them low in the desert,

27 Scattering their children hither and yon, strewing them all over the earth.

28 Then they linked up with Baal Peor, attending funeral banquets and eating idol food.

29 That made God so angry that a plague spread through their ranks;

30 Phinehas stood up and pled their case and the plague was stopped.

31 This was counted to his credit; his descendants will never forget it.

32 They angered God again at Meribah Springs; this time Moses got mixed up in their evil;

33 Because they defied God yet again, Moses exploded and lost his temper.

34 They didn't wipe out those godless cultures as ordered by God;

35 Instead they intermarried with the heathen, and in time became just like them.

36 They worshiped their idols, were caught in the trap of idols.

37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters at the altars of demon gods.

38 They slit the throats of their babies, murdered their infant girls and boys. They offered their babies to Canaan's gods; the blood of their babies stained the land.

39 Their way of life stank to high heaven; they lived like whores.

40 And God was furious - a wildfire anger; he couldn't stand even to look at his people.

41 He turned them over to the heathen so that the people who hated them ruled them.

42 Their enemies made life hard for them; they were tyrannized under that rule.

43 Over and over God rescued them, but they never learned - until finally their sins destroyed them.

44 Still, when God saw the trouble they were in and heard their cries for help,

45 He remembered his Covenant with them, and, immense with love, took them by the hand.

46 He poured out his mercy on them while their captors looked on, amazed.

47 Save us, God, our God! Gather us back out of exile So we can give thanks to your holy name and join in the glory when you are praised!

48 Blessed be God, Israel's God! Bless now, bless always! Oh! Let everyone say Amen! Hallelujah!

English Standard Version ESV

1 Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise?

3 Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,

5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

6 Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

13 But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

15 he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.

16 When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,

17 the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

18 Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.

20 They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23 Therefore he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24 Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.

25 They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.

26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27 and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.

28 Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29 they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.

31 And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.

32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33 for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

35 but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.

36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

38 they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.

40 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

41 he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.

45 For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46 He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!