Psalms 106 — Israel's Failures and God's Steadfast Love

1Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.💡

2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?💡

3Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.💡

4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,💡

5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.💡

6We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.💡

7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.💡

8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.💡

9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.💡

10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.💡

11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.💡

12Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.💡

13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,💡

14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.💡

15And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.💡

16They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron the saint of Jehovah.💡

17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.💡

18And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.💡

19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.💡

20Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.💡

21They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,💡

22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.💡

23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.💡

24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,💡

25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.💡

26Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,💡

27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.💡

28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.💡

29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.💡

30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.💡

31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.💡

32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;💡

33Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.💡

34They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,💡

35But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,💡

36And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.💡

37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,💡

38And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.💡

39Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.💡

40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.💡

41And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.💡

42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.💡

43Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.💡

44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:💡

45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.💡

46He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.💡

47Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.💡

48Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah.💡