[106:1] Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
[106:2] Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord, or declare all his praise?
[106:3] Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
[106:4] Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
[106:5] that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
[106:6] Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
[106:7] Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
[106:8] Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
[106:9] He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
[106:10] So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
[106:11] And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.
[106:12] Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
[106:13] But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
[106:14] But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
[106:15] he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.
[106:16] When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
[106:17] the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
[106:18] Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
[106:19] They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
[106:20] They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
[106:21] They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
[106:22] wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
[106:23] Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
[106:24] Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
[106:25] They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
[106:26] Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
[106:27] and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.
[106:28] Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
[106:29] they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
[106:30] Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.
[106:31] And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
[106:32] They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account,
[106:33] for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
[106:34] They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,
[106:35] but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.
[106:36] They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
[106:37] They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
[106:38] they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
[106:39] Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.
[106:40] Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
[106:41] he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.
[106:42] Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.
[106:43] Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.
[106:44] Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
[106:45] For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
[106:46] He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.
[106:47] 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.
[106:48] Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!