Psalm 106

Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, *

for his mercy endures for ever.

Who can declare the mighty acts of the LORD *

or show forth all his praise?

Happy are those who act with justice *

and always do what is right!

Remember me, O LORD, with the favor you have for your people, *

and visit me with your saving help;

That I may see the prosperity of your elect

and be glad with the gladness of your people, *

that I may glory with your inheritance.

We have sinned as our forebears did; *

we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works,

nor remember the abundance of your love; *

they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

But he saved them for his Name's sake, *

to make his power known.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, *

and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

He saved them from the hand of those who hated them *

and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

The waters covered their oppressors; *

not one of them was left.

Then they believed his words *

and sang him songs of praise.

But they soon forgot his deeds *

and did not wait for his counsel.

A craving seized them in the wilderness, *

and they put God to the test in the desert.

He gave them what they asked, *

but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses in the camp, *

and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan *

and covered the company of Abiram.

Fire blazed up against their company, *

and flames devoured the wicked.

Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb *

and worshiped a molten image;

And so they exchanged their Glory *

for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

They forgot God their Savior, *

who had done great things in Egypt,

Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *

and fearful things at the Red Sea.

So he would have destroyed them,

had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, *

to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

They refused the pleasant land *

and would not believe his promise.

They grumbled in their tents *

and would not listen to the voice of the LORD.

So he lifted his hand against them, *

to overthrow them in the wilderness,

To cast out their seed among the nations, *

and to scatter them throughout the lands.

They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

They provoked him to anger with their actions, *

and a plague broke out among them.

Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *

and the plague came to an end.

This was reckoned to him as righteousness *

throughout all generations for ever.

Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, *

so that he punished Moses because of them;

For they so embittered his spirit *

that he spoke rash words with his lips.

They did not destroy the peoples *

as the LORD had commanded them.

They intermingled with the heathen *

and learned their pagan ways,

So that they worshiped their idols, *

which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons *

and their daughters to evil spirits.

They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters, *

which they offered to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was defiled with blood.

Thus they were polluted by their actions *

and went whoring in their evil deeds.

Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against his people *

and he abhorred his inheritance.

He gave them over to the hand of the heathen, *

and those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies oppressed them, *

and they were humbled under their hand.

Many a time did he deliver them,

but they rebelled through their own devices, *

and were brought down in their iniquity.

Nevertheless, he saw their distress, *

when he heard their lamentation.

He remembered his covenant with them *

and relented in accordance with his great mercy.

He caused them to be pitied *

by those who held them captive.

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.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting; *

and let all the people say, "Amen!"

Hallelujah!