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Psalm 106

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1 Praise the LORD.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
1 Hallelujah! Thank God! And why? Because he's good, because his love lasts.
2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
2 But who on earth can do it - declaim God's mighty acts, broadcast all his praises?
3 Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
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, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
4 Remember me, God, when you enjoy your people; include me when you save them;
5 that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.
5 I want to see your chosen succeed, celebrate with your celebrating nation, join the Hallelujahs of your pride and joy!
6 We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
6 We've sinned a lot, both we and our parents; We've fallen short, hurt a lot of people.
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
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 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.
8 - the very place he saved them! - the place he revealed his amazing power!
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
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 the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
10 He saved them from a life of oppression, pried them loose from the grip of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
11 Then the waters flowed back on their oppressors; there wasn't a single survivor.
12 Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
12 Then they believed his words were true and broke out in songs of praise.
13 But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
13 But it wasn't long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn't wait to be told what to do.
14 In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.
14 They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands.
15 So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
15 He gave them exactly what they asked for - but along with it they got an empty heart.
16 In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
16 One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
17 The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram's gang.
18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
18 Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
19 They cast in metal a bull calf at Horeb and worshiped the statue they'd made.
20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
20 They traded the Glory for a cheap piece of sculpture - a grass-chewing bull!
21 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
21 They forgot God, their very own Savior, who turned things around in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
22 Who created a world of wonders in the Land of Ham, who gave that stunning performance at the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
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 Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
24 They went on to reject the Blessed Land, didn't believe a word of what God promised.
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
25 They found fault with the life they had and turned a deaf ear to God's voice.
26 So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
26 Exasperated, God swore that he'd lay them low in the desert,
27 make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
27 Scattering their children hither and yon, strewing them all over the earth.
28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
28 Then they linked up with Baal Peor, attending funeral banquets and eating idol food.
29 they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
29 That made God so angry that a plague spread through their ranks;
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
30 Phinehas stood up and pled their case and the plague was stopped.
31 This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
31 This was counted to his credit; his descendants will never forget it.
32 By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
32 They angered God again at Meribah Springs; this time Moses got mixed up in their evil;
33 for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips.
33 Because they defied God yet again, Moses exploded and lost his temper.
34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
34 They didn't wipe out those godless cultures as ordered by God;
35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
35 Instead they intermarried with the heathen, and in time became just like them.
36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
36 They worshiped their idols, were caught in the trap of idols.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters at the altars of demon gods.
38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
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 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
39 Their way of life stank to high heaven; they lived like whores.
40 Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
40 And God was furious - a wildfire anger; he couldn't stand even to look at his people.
41 He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
41 He turned them over to the heathen so that the people who hated them ruled them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
42 Their enemies made life hard for them; they were tyrannized under that rule.
43 Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
43 Over and over God rescued them, but they never learned - until finally their sins destroyed them.
44 Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
44 Still, when God saw the trouble they were in and heard their cries for help,
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
45 He remembered his Covenant with them, and, immense with love, took them by the hand.
46 He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
46 He poured out his mercy on them while their captors looked on, amazed.
47 Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
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 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD.
48 Blessed be God, Israel's God! Bless now, bless always! Oh! Let everyone say Amen! Hallelujah!
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