Psalms 106
The Recounting of Israel's History
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 .