Psalm 106:1-48 NASB

[1] Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting. [2] Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord, Or can proclaim all His praise? [3] How blessed are those who maintain justice, Who practice righteousness at all times! [4] Remember me, Lord, in Your favor toward Your people. Visit me with Your salvation, [5] So that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of Your nation, That I may boast with Your inheritance. [6] We have sinned like our fathers, We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly. [7] Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. [8] Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, So that He might make His power known. [9] So He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the mighty waters, as through the wilderness. [10] So He saved them from the hand of one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. [11] The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left. [12] Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. [13] They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His plan, [14] But became lustfully greedy in the wilderness, And put God to the test in the desert. [15] So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them. [16] When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord, [17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram. [18] And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked. [19] They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a cast metal image. [20] So they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass. [21] They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, [22] Wonders in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea. [23] Therefore He said that He would destroy them, If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. [24] Then they rejected the pleasant land; They did not believe His word, [25] But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord. [26] Therefore He swore to them That He would have them fall in the wilderness, [27] And that He would bring down their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands. [28] They also followed Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead. [29] So they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And a plague broke out among them. [30] Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And so the plague was brought to a halt. [31] And it was credited to him as righteousness, To all generations forever. [32] They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went badly for Moses on their account. [33] Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips. [34] They did not destroy the peoples, As the Lord had commanded them, [35] But they got involved with the nations And learned their practices, [36] And served their idols, Which became a snare to them. [37] They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, [38] And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was defiled with the blood. [39] So they became unclean in their practices, And were unfaithful in their deeds. [40] Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people, And He loathed His inheritance. [41] So He handed them over to the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them. [42] Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power. [43] Many times He would rescue them; They, however, were rebellious in their plan, And they sank down into their guilt. [44] Nevertheless He looked at their distress When He heard their cry; [45] And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His mercy. [46] He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors. [47] Save us, Lord our God, And gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise. [48] Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. And all the people shall say, “Amen.” Praise the Lord!