Psalm 106

¹Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, *for his mercy endures for ever.

²Who can declare the mighty acts of the Lord *or show forth all his praise?

³Happy are those who act with justice *and always do what is right!

⁴Remember me, O Lord, with the favor you have for your people, *and visit me with your saving help;

⁵That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people, *that I may glory with your inheritance.

⁶We have sinned as our forebears did; *we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

⁷In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works, nor remember the abundance of your love; *they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

⁸But he saved them for his Name’s sake, *to make his power known.

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, *and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved them from the hand of those who hated them *and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹The waters covered their oppressors; *not one of them was left.

¹²Then they believed his words *and sang him songs of praise.

¹³But they soon forgot his deeds *and did not wait for his counsel.

¹⁴A craving seized them in the wilderness, *and they put God to the test in the desert.

¹⁵He gave them what they asked, *but sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶They envied Moses in the camp, *and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed Dathan *and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸Fire blazed up against their company, *and flames devoured the wicked.

¹⁹Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb *and worshiped a molten image;

²⁰And so they exchanged their Glory *for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

²¹They forgot God their Savior, *who had done great things in Egypt,

²²Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *and fearful things at the Red Sea.

²³So he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, *to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

²⁴They refused the pleasant land *and would not believe his promise.

²⁵They grumbled in their tents *and would not listen to the voice of the Lord.

²⁶So he lifted his hand against them, *to overthrow them in the wilderness,

²⁷To cast out their seed among the nations, *and to scatter them throughout the lands.

²⁸They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

²⁹They provoked him to anger with their actions, *and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *and the plague came to an end.

³¹This was reckoned to him as righteousness *throughout all generations for ever.

³²Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, *so that he punished Moses because of them;

³³For they so embittered his spirit *that he spoke rash words with his lips.

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples *as the Lord had commanded them.

³⁵They intermingled with the heathen *and learned their pagan ways,

³⁶So that they worshiped their idols, *which became a snare to them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sons *and their daughters to evil spirits.

³⁸They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, *which they offered to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood.

³⁹Thus they were polluted by their actions *and went whoring in their evil deeds.

⁴⁰Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against his people *and he abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹He gave them over to the hand of the heathen, *and those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them, *and they were humbled under their hand.

⁴³Many a time did he deliver them, but they rebelled through their own devices, *and were brought down in their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless, he saw their distress, *when he heard their lamentation.

⁴⁵He remembered his covenant with them *and relented in accordance with his great mercy.

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied *by those who held them captive.

⁴⁷Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, *that we may give thanks to your holy Name and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting; *and let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!