Psalm 106
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1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures! 1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, since he is good, for his gracious love exists forever.
2Who can adequately recount the LORD's mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? 2Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises?
3How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time! 3How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.
4Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver, 4Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people. Visit us with your deliverance,
5so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you. 5to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance.
6We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil. 6We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.
7Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea. 7In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea.
8Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power. 8He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known.
9He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert. 9He shouted at the Reed Sea and it dried up; and led them through the sea as though through a desert.
10He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy. 10He delivered them from the power of their foe; redeeming them from the power of their enemy.
11The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived. 11The water overwhelmed their enemies, so that not one of them survived.
12They believed his promises; they sang praises to him. 12Then they believed his word and sung his praise.
13They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions. 13But they quickly forgot his deeds and did not wait for his counsel.
14In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert. 14They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.
15He granted their request, then struck them with a disease. 15God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives.
16In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD's holy priest. 16They were envious of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram. 17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan.
18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked. 18Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze.
19They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol. 19They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image.
20They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass. 20They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull.
21They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt, 21They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt—
22amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea. 22awesome deeds in the land of Ham, astonishing deeds at the Reed Sea.
23He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger. 23He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.
24They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise. 24They rejected the desirable land, and they didn't trust his promise.
25They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the LORD. 25They murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to the voice of the LORD.
26So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert, 26So he swore an oath concerning them— that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,
27make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands. 27to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.
28They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 28For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them. 29They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.
30Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided. 30But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.
31This brought him a reward, an eternal gift. 31And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation—to eternity.
32They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them, 32They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered on account of them.
33for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly. 33For they rebelled against him, so that he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the nations, as the LORD had commanded them to do. 34They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them.
35They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways. 35Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways.
36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 36They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.
37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. 37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38They shed innocent blood--the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed. 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.
39They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions. 39Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.
40So the LORD was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him. 40The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance.
41He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 41He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority. 42Their enemies oppressed them, so that they were humiliated by their power.
43Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin. 43He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.
44Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help. 44Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help,
45He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love. 45he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love.
46He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them. 46He caused all their captors to show compassion toward them.
47Deliver us, O LORD, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds. 47Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.
48The LORD God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the LORD!" 48Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity; Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!
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