Psalm 106
Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD, for Jehovah is good;
forever is his faithful love.
Say, who can describe the LORD's glorious deeds?
Who's able to praise him enough?
How blessed are those who act justly and wise,
who constantly act righteously.
Remember, O LORD, when you favor your own,
come, help and show mercy to me.
Allow me to join the prosperity with
your chosen in their happy days;
that I may rejoice with this nation of yours,
and heritage, giving you praise.
Both we and our fathers have sinned against you,
behaving so wrong in your sight.
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not
consider your wonders and might.
They did not remember your kindnesses, but
rebelled by the sea — the Red Sea.
And yet, even so, he saved them for his sake,
to make known his might endlessly.
When Yahweh rebuked it, the Red Sea dried up,
he guided them through — like dry land.
He rescued them all from the hand of their foe;
redeemed from their enemy's hand.
The waters returned on their foes, and none lived;
believing, then he was extolled.
But soon they forgot all the things he had done,
and failed to see his plans unfold.
They caved to their cravings in deserts of sand;
in wastelands, put God to the test.
He granted them everything they asked him for,
but added plagues to their request.
But Moses was envied by men in the camp;
and Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.
Then Dathan was swallowed when earth opened up;
engulfed, those of Abiram ceased.
A fire blazed up in their company's midst,
the wicked were lost in the flame.
At Horeb, they fashioned a calf made of gold,
and worshiped that thing to their shame.
They traded their glorious God for an ox,
an image of one that eats grass.
Forgetting the God who had saved them and brought
such great things in Egypt to pass;
the wonders in Ham and the terrible things
done at the Red Sea with his reach.
He said he'd destroy them had his chosen one —
had Moses not stood in the breach.
He stepped between God and his people, alone,
that God's anger might be allayed.
Moreover, they scorned the desirable land,
not trusting his promises made.
Instead, people grumbled and sulked in their tents,
not hearing the LORD's voice at all.
So, raising his hand, the LORD swore with an oath,
that they, in the desert, would fall;
that he'd cast their seed among nations of men,
and scatter the offspring they've bred.
They joined in the worship of Baal and they ate
the sacrifice meant for the dead.
They angered Jehovah with all of these things,
so, then a plague broke in on them.
But Phinehas stood up with courage and prayed;
his prayers brought the plague to an end.
So, he'll be remembered for his righteousness,
from one century to the next.
At Meribah, also, they angered the LORD,
where Moses, for their sake, was vexed.
Provoking the Spirit of God, they rebelled,
and Moses replied without thought.
They failed to destroy all the nations they faced,
just as the LORD told them they aught.
Instead, they commingled with pagans and learned
their customs, their habits, their tongue.
They worshiped their idols, ensnaring them all;
to demons, they offered their young.
They wickedly shed their sons' innocent blood,
and their daughters' blood by their hand;
their sacrificed children to Canaanite gods
polluted, with bloodshed, the land.
The people defiled themselves with their deeds,
and they played the whore in their lust.
The LORD's anger burned against those whom he loved,
abhorring his own with disgust.
He handed them over for pagans to have;
allowed those who hated them, rule.
Their enemies crushed them, and they were subdued,
subjected by powers so cruel.
Again and again, he delivered them, but
rebelling, their sin brought them low.
Yet nevertheless he looked on their distress,
took note of their cry, even so.
For them, he remembered his covenant made,
relenting for love that he still shows today.
He made so their captors had pity on them;
show mercy to those whom they carried away.
O save us, Jehovah, O LORD, and our God,
return us together from nations abroad;
to praise and give thanks to your glorious name.
O blest be the LORD, God of Isr'el — the same,
forever and ever, and time without end.
Said all of his people, Amen and amen!
Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD, for Jehovah is good;
forever is his faithful love.
Say, who can describe the LORD's glorious deeds?
Who's able to praise him enough?
How blessed are those who act justly and wise,
who constantly act righteously.
Remember, O LORD, when you favor your own,
come, help and show mercy to me.
Allow me to join the prosperity with
your chosen in their happy days;
that I may rejoice with this nation of yours,
and heritage, giving you praise.
Both we and our fathers have sinned against you,
behaving so wrong in your sight.
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not
consider your wonders and might.
They did not remember your kindnesses, but
rebelled by the sea — the Red Sea.
And yet, even so, he saved them for his sake,
to make known his might endlessly.
When Yahweh rebuked it, the Red Sea dried up,
he guided them through — like dry land.
He rescued them all from the hand of their foe;
redeemed from their enemy's hand.
The waters returned on their foes, and none lived;
believing, then he was extolled.
But soon they forgot all the things he had done,
and failed to see his plans unfold.
They caved to their cravings in deserts of sand;
in wastelands, put God to the test.
He granted them everything they asked him for,
but added plagues to their request.
But Moses was envied by men in the camp;
and Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.
Then Dathan was swallowed when earth opened up;
engulfed, those of Abiram ceased.
A fire blazed up in their company's midst,
the wicked were lost in the flame.
At Horeb, they fashioned a calf made of gold,
and worshiped that thing to their shame.
They traded their glorious God for an ox,
an image of one that eats grass.
Forgetting the God who had saved them and brought
such great things in Egypt to pass;
the wonders in Ham and the terrible things
done at the Red Sea with his reach.
He said he'd destroy them had his chosen one —
had Moses not stood in the breach.
He stepped between God and his people, alone,
that God's anger might be allayed.
Moreover, they scorned the desirable land,
not trusting his promises made.
Instead, people grumbled and sulked in their tents,
not hearing the LORD's voice at all.
So, raising his hand, the LORD swore with an oath,
that they, in the desert, would fall;
that he'd cast their seed among nations of men,
and scatter the offspring they've bred.
They joined in the worship of Baal and they ate
the sacrifice meant for the dead.
They angered Jehovah with all of these things,
so, then a plague broke in on them.
But Phinehas stood up with courage and prayed;
his prayers brought the plague to an end.
So, he'll be remembered for his righteousness,
from one century to the next.
At Meribah, also, they angered the LORD,
where Moses, for their sake, was vexed.
Provoking the Spirit of God, they rebelled,
and Moses replied without thought.
They failed to destroy all the nations they faced,
just as the LORD told them they aught.
Instead, they commingled with pagans and learned
their customs, their habits, their tongue.
They worshiped their idols, ensnaring them all;
to demons, they offered their young.
They wickedly shed their sons' innocent blood,
and their daughters' blood by their hand;
their sacrificed children to Canaanite gods
polluted, with bloodshed, the land.
The people defiled themselves with their deeds,
and they played the whore in their lust.
The LORD's anger burned against those whom he loved,
abhorring his own with disgust.
He handed them over for pagans to have;
allowed those who hated them, rule.
Their enemies crushed them, and they were subdued,
subjected by powers so cruel.
Again and again, he delivered them, but
rebelling, their sin brought them low.
Yet nevertheless he looked on their distress,
took note of their cry, even so.
For them, he remembered his covenant made,
relenting for love that he still shows today.
He made so their captors had pity on them;
show mercy to those whom they carried away.
O save us, Jehovah, O LORD, and our God,
return us together from nations abroad;
to praise and give thanks to your glorious name.
O blest be the LORD, God of Isr'el — the same,
forever and ever, and time without end.
Said all of his people, Amen and amen!
Praise the LORD!
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