Psalm 106

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good,

for his mercy endures for ever.

Who can declare the mighty acts of the LORD

or show forth all his praise?

Happy are those who act with justice

and always do what is right!

Remember me, O LORD , with the favor you have for your people,

and visit me with your saving help;

That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people,

that I may glory with your inheritance.

We have sinned as our forebears did;

we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works, nor remember the abundance of your love;

they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

But he saved them for his Name's sake,

to make his power known.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up,

and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

He saved them from the hand of those who hated them

and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

The waters covered their oppressors;

not one of them was left.

Then they believed his words

and sang him songs of praise.

But they soon forgot his deeds

and did not wait for his counsel.

A craving seized them in the wilderness,

and they put God to the test in the desert.

He gave them what they asked,

but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses in the camp,

and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD .

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan

and covered the company of Abiram.

Fire blazed up against their company,

and flames devoured the wicked.

Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb

and worshiped a molten image;

And so they exchanged their Glory

for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

They forgot God their Savior,

who had done great things in Egypt,

Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham,

and fearful things at the Red Sea.

So he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,

to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

They refused the pleasant land

and would not believe his promise.

They grumbled in their tents

and would not listen to the voice of the LORD .

So he lifted his hand against them,

to overthrow them in the wilderness,

To cast out their seed among the nations,

and to scatter them throughout the lands.

They joined themselves to Baal-Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

They provoked him to anger with their actions,

and a plague broke out among them.

Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,

and the plague came to an end.

This was reckoned to him as righteousness

throughout all generations for ever.

Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah,

so that he punished Moses because of them;

For they so embittered his spirit

that he spoke rash words with his lips.

They did not destroy the peoples

as the LORD had commanded them.

They intermingled with the heathen

and learned their pagan ways,

So that they worshiped their idols,

which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to evil spirits.

They 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.

Thus they were polluted by their actions

and went whoring in their evil deeds.

Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against his people

and he abhorred his inheritance.

He gave them over to the hand of the heathen,

and those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were humbled under their hand.

Many a time did he deliver them, but they rebelled through their own devices,

and were brought down in their iniquity.

Nevertheless, he saw their distress,

when he heard their lamentation.

He remembered his covenant with them

and relented in accordance with his great mercy.

He caused them to be pitied

by those who held them captive.

Save 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.

Blessed be the LORD , the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting;

and let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!