Psa 106 | NASB1995 | STEP | Praise the Lord ! Oh give thanks to the Lord , for He is good ; For His lovingkindness is everlasting .

Psalms 106

Israel’s Rebelliousness and the Lord’s Deliverances.

1 ^{▼▼ Or Hallelujah!}Praise ^{▼▼ Heb Yah}the Lord!
Oh ^cgive thanks to the Lord, for He ^dis good;
For ^eHis lovingkindness is everlasting.
2 Who can speak of the ^fmighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can show forth all His praise?
3 How blessed are those who keep ^{▼▼ Or judgment}justice,
^{▼▼ Many Heb mss read The one who performs}Who ⁱpractice righteousness at all times!

4 Remember me, O Lord, in Your ^jfavor ^{▼▼ Lit of}toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,
5 That I may see the ^lprosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may ^mrejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may ⁿglory with Your ^{▼▼ I.e. people}inheritance.

6 ^pWe have sinned ^{▼▼ Lit with
,} ^rlike our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your ^{▼▼ I.e. wonderful acts}wonders;
They ^tdid not remember ^{▼▼ Lit the multitude of Your lovingkindnesses}Your abundant kindnesses,
But ^vrebelled by the sea, at the ^{▼▼ Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them ^xfor the sake of His name,
That He might ^ymake His power known.
9 Thus He ^zrebuked the ^{▼▼ Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea and it ^abdried up,
And He ^acled them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.
10 So He ^adsaved them from the ^{▼▼ Or power}hand of the one who hated them,
And ^afredeemed them from the ^{▼▼ Or power}hand of the enemy.
11 ^ahThe waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
12 Then they ^aibelieved His words;
They ^ajsang His praise.

13 They quickly ^akforgot His works;
They ^aldid not wait for His counsel,
14 But ^amcraved intensely in the wilderness,
And ^{▼▼ Or put God to the test
,} ^aotempted God in the desert.
15 So He ^apgave them their request,
But ^aqsent a ^{▼▼ Or leanness into their soul}wasting disease among them.

16 When they became ^asenvious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17 The ^atearth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the ^{▼▼ Or assembly, band}company of Abiram.
18 And a ^avfire blazed up in their ^{▼▼ Or assembly, band}company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

19 They ^axmade a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.
20 Thus they ^ayexchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They ^azforgot God their Savior,
Who had done ^bagreat things in Egypt,
22 ^{▼▼ I.e. Wonderful acts
,} ^bcWonders in the land of Ham
And awesome things by the ^{▼▼ Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea.
23 Therefore ^beHe said that He would destroy them,
Had not ^bfMoses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they ^bgdespised the ^bhpleasant land;
They ^bidid not believe in His word,
25 But ^bjgrumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore He ^{▼▼ Lit lifted up His hand
,} ^blswore to them
That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
27 And that He would ^bmcast their seed among the nations
And ^bnscatter them in the lands.

28 They ^bojoined themselves also to ^{▼▼ Or Baal of Peor}Baal-peor,
And ate ^bqsacrifices offered to the dead.
29 Thus they ^brprovoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas ^bsstood up and interposed,
And so the ^btplague was stayed.
31 And it was ^bureckoned to him for righteousness,
To all generations forever.

32 They also ^bvprovoked Him to wrath at the waters of ^{▼▼ Lit strife}Meribah,
So that it ^bxwent hard with Moses on their account;
33 Because they ^bywere rebellious against ^{▼▼ Or his spirit}His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

34 They ^cadid not destroy the peoples,
As ^cbthe Lord commanded them,
35 But ^ccthey mingled with the nations
And learned their ^{▼▼ Lit works}practices,
36 And ^ceserved their idols,
^cfWhich became a snare to them.
37 They even ^cgsacrificed their sons and their daughters to the ^chdemons,
38 And shed ^ciinnocent blood,
The blood of their ^cjsons and their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was ^ckpolluted with the blood.
39 Thus they became ^clunclean in their ^{▼▼ Lit works}practices,
And ^cnplayed the harlot in their deeds.

40 Therefore the ^coanger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He ^cpabhorred His ^{▼▼ I.e. people
,} ^crinheritance.
41 Then ^csHe gave them into the hand of the ^{▼▼ Or Gentiles}nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also ^cuoppressed them,
And they were subdued under their ^{▼▼ Lit hand}power.
43 Many times He would ^cwdeliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their ^cxcounsel,
And so ^cysank down in their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He ^czheard their cry;
45 And He ^daremembered His covenant for their sake,
And ^{▼▼ Lit was sorry
,} ^dcrelented ^ddaccording to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
46 He also made them ^de objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

47 ^dfSave us, O Lord our God,
And ^dggather us from among the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And ^{▼▼ Lit boast
,} ^diglory in Your praise.
48 ^djBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
^{▼▼ Or Hallelujah!}Praise ^{▼▼ Heb Yah}the Lord!