Psalms 106 : 1 (ERVEN)
Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord because he is good! His faithful love will last forever!
Psalms 106 : 2 (ERVEN)
No one can describe how great the Lord really is. No one can praise him enough.
Psalms 106 : 3 (ERVEN)
Those who obey his commands are happy. They do good things all the time.
Psalms 106 : 4 (ERVEN)
Lord, remember me when you show kindness to your people. Remember to save me too!
Psalms 106 : 5 (ERVEN)
Let me share in the good things that you do for your chosen people. Let me rejoice with your nation. Let me join with your people in praise.
Psalms 106 : 6 (ERVEN)
We sinned just as our ancestors did. We were wrong; we did bad things!
Psalms 106 : 7 (ERVEN)
Lord, our ancestors learned nothing from the miracles you did in Egypt. They forgot your kindness at the Red Sea and rebelled against you.
Psalms 106 : 8 (ERVEN)
But the Lord saved our ancestors for the honor of his name. He saved them to show his great power.
Psalms 106 : 9 (ERVEN)
He gave the command, and the Red Sea became dry. He led them through the deep sea on land as dry as the desert.
Psalms 106 : 10 (ERVEN)
He saved our ancestors and rescued them from their enemies.
Psalms 106 : 11 (ERVEN)
He covered their enemies with the sea. Not one of them escaped!
Psalms 106 : 12 (ERVEN)
Then our ancestors believed the Lord. They sang praises to him.
Psalms 106 : 13 (ERVEN)
But they quickly forgot about what he did. They did not listen to his advice.
Psalms 106 : 14 (ERVEN)
They became hungry in the desert, and they tested him in the wilderness.
Psalms 106 : 15 (ERVEN)
He gave them what they asked for, but he also gave them a terrible disease.
Psalms 106 : 16 (ERVEN)
The people became jealous of Moses. They became jealous of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.
Psalms 106 : 17 (ERVEN)
So the Lord punished those jealous people. The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan. Then the ground closed up and covered Abiram's group.
Psalms 106 : 18 (ERVEN)
Then a fire burned that mob of people. It burned those wicked people.
Psalms 106 : 19 (ERVEN)
The people made a golden calf at Mount Horeb. They worshiped a statue!
Psalms 106 : 20 (ERVEN)
They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull!
Psalms 106 : 21 (ERVEN)
They forgot all about God, the one who saved them, the one who did the miracles in Egypt.
Psalms 106 : 22 (ERVEN)
He did amazing things in Ham's country! He did awesome things at the Red Sea!
Psalms 106 : 23 (ERVEN)
God wanted to destroy those people, but Moses, the leader he chose, stood in the way. God was very angry, but Moses begged him to stop, so God did not destroy the people.
Psalms 106 : 24 (ERVEN)
But then they refused to go into the wonderful land of Canaan. They did not believe that God would help them defeat the people there.
Psalms 106 : 25 (ERVEN)
Our ancestors complained in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.
Psalms 106 : 26 (ERVEN)
So he swore that they would die in the desert.
Psalms 106 : 27 (ERVEN)
He promised to scatter them among the nations and to let other people defeat their descendants.
Psalms 106 : 28 (ERVEN)
At Baal Peor they joined in worshiping Baal and ate sacrifices to honor the dead.
Psalms 106 : 29 (ERVEN)
The Lord became angry with his people, so he made them sick.
Psalms 106 : 30 (ERVEN)
But Phinehas prayed to God, and God stopped the sickness.
Psalms 106 : 31 (ERVEN)
He considered what Phinehas did a good work, and it will be remembered forever and ever.
Psalms 106 : 32 (ERVEN)
At Meribah the people made the Lord angry and created trouble for Moses.
Psalms 106 : 33 (ERVEN)
They upset Moses, and he spoke without stopping to think.
Psalms 106 : 34 (ERVEN)
The Lord told the people to destroy the other nations living in Canaan. But the Israelites did not obey him.
Psalms 106 : 35 (ERVEN)
They mixed with the other people and did what those people were doing.
Psalms 106 : 36 (ERVEN)
They began worshiping the false gods those people worshiped. And their idols became a trap.
Psalms 106 : 37 (ERVEN)
They even offered their own children as sacrifices to demons.
Psalms 106 : 38 (ERVEN)
They killed their innocent sons and daughters and offered them to the false gods of Canaan. So the land was polluted with the sin of murder.
Psalms 106 : 39 (ERVEN)
They were unfaithful to him, and they became dirty with the sins of other nations.
Psalms 106 : 40 (ERVEN)
So the Lord became angry with his people. He rejected those who belonged to him.
Psalms 106 : 41 (ERVEN)
He gave his people to other nations and let their enemies rule over them.
Psalms 106 : 42 (ERVEN)
Their enemies controlled them and made life hard for them.
Psalms 106 : 43 (ERVEN)
The Lord saved his people many times, but they turned against him and did what they wanted to do. His people did many bad things.
Psalms 106 : 44 (ERVEN)
But whenever they were in trouble, he listened to their prayers.
Psalms 106 : 45 (ERVEN)
He always remembered his agreement, and because of his faithful love, he comforted them.
Psalms 106 : 46 (ERVEN)
Other nations took them as prisoners, but the Lord caused them to be kind to his people.
Psalms 106 : 47 (ERVEN)
Lord our God, save us! Bring us back together from those nations. Then we will give thanks to your holy name and joyfully praise you.
Psalms 106 : 48 (ERVEN)
Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He always was and will always be worthy of praise. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the Lord! BOOK 5 (Psalms 107-150)
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