Psalm 106:1-48 CEV

[1] We will celebrate and praise you, LORD! You are good to us, and your love never fails. [2] No one can praise you enough for all of the mighty things you have done. [3] You bless those people who are honest and fair in everything they do. [4] Remember me, LORD, when you show kindness by saving your people. [5] Let me prosper with the rest of your chosen ones, as they celebrate with pride because they belong to you. [6] We and our ancestors have sinned terribly. [7] When they were in Egypt, they paid no attention to your marvelous deeds or your wonderful love. And they turned against you at the Red Sea. [8] But you were true to your name, and you rescued them to prove how mighty you are. [9] You said to the Red Sea, "Dry up!" Then you led your people across on land as dry as a desert. [10] You saved all of them [11] and drowned every one of their enemies. [12] Then your people trusted you and sang your praises. [13] But they soon forgot what you had done and rejected your advice. [14] They became greedy for food and tested you there in the desert. [15] So you gave them what they wanted, but later you destroyed them with a horrible disease. [16] Everyone in camp was jealous of Moses and of Aaron, your chosen priest. [17] Dathan and Abiram rebelled, and the earth opened up and swallowed them. [18] Then fire broke out and destroyed all of their followers. [19] At Horeb your people made and worshiped the statue [20] of a bull, instead of you, their glorious God. [21] You worked powerful miracles to save them from Egypt, but they forgot about you [22] and the fearsome things you did at the Red Sea. [23] You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it. [24] They would not trust you, LORD, and they did not like the promised land. [25] They would not obey you, and they grumbled in their tents. [26] So you threatened them by saying, "I'll kill you out here in the desert! [27] I'll scatter your children everywhere in the world." [28] Your people became followers of a god named Baal Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead. [29] They did such terrible things that you punished them with a deadly disease. [30] But Phinehas helped them, and the sickness stopped. [31] Now he will always be highly honored. [32] At Meribah Spring they turned against you and made you furious. [33] Then Moses got into trouble for speaking in anger. [34] Our LORD, they disobeyed you by refusing to destroy the nations. [35] Instead they were friendly with those foreigners and followed their customs. [36] Then they fell into the trap of worshiping idols. [37] They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons [38] and to the gods of Canaan. Then they poured out the blood of these innocent children and made the land filthy. [39] By doing such gruesome things, they also became filthy. [40] Finally, LORD, you were angry and terribly disgusted with your people. [41] So you put them in the power of nations that hated them. [42] They were mistreated and abused by their enemies, [43] but you saved them time after time. They were determined to rebel, and their sins caused their downfall. [44] You answered their prayers when they were in trouble. [45] You kept your agreement and were so merciful [46] that their enemies had pity on them. [47] Save us, LORD God! Bring us back from among the nations. Let us celebrate and shout in praise of your holy name. [48] LORD God of Israel, you deserve to be praised forever and ever. Let everyone say, "Amen! Shout praises to the LORD!"