Psalm 106
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1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, since he is good, for his gracious love exists forever.1Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises?2Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?
3How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.3Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people. Visit us with your deliverance,4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
5to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance.5that 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.
6We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.6We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea.7When 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.
8He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known.8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.
9He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert.9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.
10He delivered them from the power of their foe; redeeming them from the power of their enemy.10He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11The water overwhelmed their enemies, so that not one of them survived. 11The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
12Then they believed his word and sung his praise.12Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
13But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel.13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
14They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.14In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test.
15God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives.15So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
16They were envious of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.16In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan.17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.
18Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze.18Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
19They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image.19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull.20They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt—21They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
22awesome deeds in the land of Ham, astonishing deeds at the Reed Sea.22miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.23So 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.
24They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise.24Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
25They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD.25They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
26So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,26So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.27make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.29they aroused the LORD's anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
31And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation—to eternity.31This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered on account of them.32By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.33for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.
34They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them.34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways. 35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.
38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters— whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood.38They 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.
39Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.39They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance.40Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.
41He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them.41He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power.42Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.
43He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.43Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
44Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help, 44Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
45he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love.45for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
46He caused all their captors to show compassion toward them.46He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
47Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.47Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
48Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!48Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD.
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