Psalms 106
1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.
2 Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
Who can give an account of all the wonderful things the Lord has done? Who can give him all the praise he is due?
3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
Happy are those who treat people fairly, who always do what is right.
4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.
5 that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
Let me see your chosen people prosperous; let me be happy together with your nation; let me share in being proud of you with those who belong to you.
6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
We have sinned just like our forefathers. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
They didn't pay attention to the wonderful things you did. They didn't keep in mind how much you loved them, but chose to rebel at the sea, the Red Sea.
8 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
Even so he saved them because of the kind of person he is, and to show his power
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
He gave his order to the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led his people across the seabed as if it were a desert.
10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
He rescued them from those who hated them; he saved them from their enemies' power.
11 The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
The water drowned their enemies—none of them survived,
12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.
13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
But they quickly forgot what he had done for them, and they didn't listen to his advice.
14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.
15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
He gave them what they wanted, but sent them a plague as well.
16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
The earth split open and swallowed up Dathan; it buried Abiram and his followers.
18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
Fire broke out among them—a flame that burned them up.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
At Mount Sinai they made a calf, they bowed down before a metal idol.
20 They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
They replaced their God of glory with a bull that eats grass!
21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done marvelous things in Egypt;
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
performing miracles in the land of Ham, doing amazing things at the Red Sea.
23 So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
So he said he was going to destroy them But Moses, his chosen leader, placed himself between the Lord and the people to persuade the Lord not to destroy them in his anger.
24 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
Later the people refused to enter the Promised Land; they didn't trust him to do as he'd promised.
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
They complained in their tents about the Lord, and refused to obey what he told them.
26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
So he raised his hand to give them a serious warning that he would bring them down in the wilderness,
27 to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
that he would disperse their descendants among the heathen nations, scattering them among countries far away.
28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor, and ate food sacrificed to the dead.
29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
They provoked the Lord by what they did, making him angry, so a plague broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
But Phinehas took a stand for the Lord and intervened, and the plague was stopped in its tracks.
31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
He has been considered as a man who lived right from that time on and for all generations.
32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
They also angered him at the waters of Meribah where things went badly for Moses because of them.
33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
They upset him so much that he spoke without thinking in the heat of the moment.
34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
They did not destroy the heathen peoples as the Lord had told them to do,
35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.
36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
They worshiped their pagan idols which became a trap for them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
The even sacrificed their sons and daughters to these demons.
38 They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
They shed the blood of innocent children, their sons and daughters, sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan. By doing so they defiled the land with blood.
39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
The also defiled themselves by what they did: their actions were spiritual adultery.
40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.
41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
He handed them over to the heathen nations. These people who hated them now became their rulers.
42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
Their enemies dominated and subdued them with their power.
43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
The Lord repeatedly rescued them, but they continued with their rebellious ideas, until they were finally destroyed by their own sins.
44 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.
45 And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness and love.
46 He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
He made the people who captured them treat them with mercy.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
Save us, Lord, our God! Bring us back together from among the nations, so we can thank you and declare how magnificent and holy you are.
48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
How wonderful is the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives forever and ever! Let all the people say “Amen”! Praise the Lord!
