Psalm 106:1-48 AMP

[1] Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever! [2] Who can put into words the mighty deeds of the LORD? Or who can proclaim all His praise [that is due Him]? [3] Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts], Who practice righteousness at all times. [4] Remember me, O LORD, when You favor Your people. Visit me with Your salvation [when You rescue them], [5] That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance. [6] We have sinned like our fathers; We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly. [7] Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles; They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts, But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea. [8] Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His [supreme] power known. [9] He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; And He led them through the depths as through a pasture. [10] So He saved them from the hand of the one that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy. [11] And the waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left. [12] Then Israel believed in [the validity of] His words; They sang His praise. [13] But they quickly forgot His works; They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them], [14] But lusted intensely in the wilderness And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert. [15] So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them. [16] They envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the LORD, [17] Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram. [18] And a fire broke out in their company; The flame consumed the wicked. [19] They made a calf in Horeb (Sinai) And worshiped a cast image. [20] Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass. [21] They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt, [22] Wonders in the land of Ham, Awesome things at the Red Sea. [23] Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. [24] Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan]; They did not believe in His word nor rely on it, [25] But they sulked and complained in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD. [26] Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them, That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness, [27] And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations And scatter them in the lands [of the earth]. [28] They joined themselves also to [the idol] Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead. [29] Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices, And a plague broke out among them. [30] Then Phinehas [the priest] stood up and interceded, And so the plague was halted. [31] And that was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forever. [32] They provoked Him to anger at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account; [33] Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, Moses spoke recklessly with his lips. [34] They did not destroy the [pagan] peoples [in Canaan], As the LORD commanded them, [35] But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations And learned their ways, [36] And served their idols, Which became a [dreadful] snare to them. [37] They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons [38] And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with their blood. [39] In this way they became unclean in their practices; They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other “gods”]. [40] Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He detested His own inheritance. [41] He gave them into the hands of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them. [42] Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies. [43] Many times He rescued them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And sank down in their wickedness. [44] Nevertheless He looked [sympathetically] at their distress When He heard their cry; [45] And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him], [46] He also made them objects of compassion Among those who had carried them away captive. [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 praising You. [48] Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)