106:1 Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 106:2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise 106:3 Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times! 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them, 106:5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. 106:6 Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. 106:7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. 106:8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power. 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert. 106:10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy. 106:11 And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. 106:12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. 106:13 But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. 106:14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert; 106:15 he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them. 106:16 When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD, 106:17 the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 106:18 Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image. 106:20 They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. 106:21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, 106:22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. 106:23 Therefore he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. 106:24 Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise. 106:25 They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD. 106:26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness, 106:27 and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands. 106:28 Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead; 106:29 they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 106:30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed. 106:31 And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever. 106:32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account, 106:33 for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips. 106:34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, 106:35 but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. 106:36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them. 106:37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; 106:38 they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 106:39 Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds. 106:40 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage; 106:41 he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them. 106:42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power. 106:43 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity. 106:44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry. 106:45 For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love. 106:46 He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive. 106:47 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 your praise. 106:48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!