Psalms 106
New International Version - Psalms 106 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 106:1 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good; his love endures forever. 106:2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise? 106:3 Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right. 106:4 Remember me, O Lord , when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them, 106:5 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. 106:6 We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. 106:7 When our fathers 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. 106:8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known. 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert. 106:10 He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. 106:11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. 106:12 Then they believed his promises and sang his praise. 106:13 But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel. 106:14 In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test. 106:15 So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them. 106:16 In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord. 106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram. 106:18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked. 106:19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal. 106:20 They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass. 106:21 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, 106:22 miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. 106:23 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. 106:24 Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise. 106:25 They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the Lord. 106:26 So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert, 106:27 make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. 106:28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods; 106:29 they provoked the Lord to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 106:30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked. 106:31 This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. 106:32 By the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord , and trouble came to Moses because of them; 106:33 for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips. 106:34 They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them, 106:35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. 106:36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 106:37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 106:38 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. 106:39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves. 106:40 Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance. 106:41 He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. 106:42 Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power. 106:43 Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin. 106:44 But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; 106:45 for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented. 106:46 He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive. 106:47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. 106:48 Praise be to the Lord , the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, 'Amen!' Praise the Lord.