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Psalm 106:1

& Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Psalm 106:2

& Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the LORD, Or can show forth all His praise?

Psalm 106:3

& How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!

Psalm 106:4

& Remember me, O LORD, in {Your} favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation,

Psalm 106:5

& That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your (I.e. people) inheritance.

Psalm 106:6

& We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Psalm 106:7

& Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the (Lit {Sea of Reeds}) Red Sea.

Psalm 106:8

& Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.

Psalm 106:9

& Thus He rebuked the (Lit {Sea of Reeds}) Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

Psalm 106:10

& So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated {them,} And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 106:11

& The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left.

Psalm 106:12

& Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

Psalm 106:13

& They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

Psalm 106:14

& But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

Psalm 106:15

& So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.

Psalm 106:16

& When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,

Psalm 106:17

& The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.

Psalm 106:18

& And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.

Psalm 106:19

& They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image.

Psalm 106:20

& Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

Psalm 106:21

& They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,

Psalm 106:22

& Wonders in the land of Ham {And} awesome things by the (Lit {Sea of Reeds}) Red Sea.

Psalm 106:23

& Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying {them.}

Psalm 106:24

& Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,

Psalm 106:25

& But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

Psalm 106:26

& Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

Psalm 106:27

& And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.

Psalm 106:28

& They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

Psalm 106:29

& Thus they provoked {Him} to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

Psalm 106:30

& Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed.

Psalm 106:31

& And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.

Psalm 106:32

& They also provoked {Him} to wrath at the waters of (Lit {strife}) Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

Psalm 106:33

& Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.

Psalm 106:34

& They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,

Psalm 106:35

& But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,

Psalm 106:36

& And served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

Psalm 106:37

& They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

Psalm 106:38

& And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood.

Psalm 106:39

& Thus they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds.

Psalm 106:40

& Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance.