Psalms 106 : 1 (HCSB)
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.
Psalms 106 : 2 (HCSB)
Who can declare the LORD's mighty acts or proclaim all the praise due Him?
Psalms 106 : 3 (HCSB)
How happy are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
Psalms 106 : 4 (HCSB)
Remember me, LORD, when You show favor to Your people. Come to me with Your salvation
Psalms 106 : 5 (HCSB)
so that I may enjoy the prosperity of Your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of Your nation, and boast about Your heritage.
Psalms 106 : 6 (HCSB)
Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have gone astray and have acted wickedly.
Psalms 106 : 7 (HCSB)
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp *the significance of Your wonderful works or remember Your many acts of faithful love; instead, they rebelled by the sea-- the Red Sea.
Psalms 106 : 8 (HCSB)
Yet He saved them because of His name, to make His power known.
Psalms 106 : 9 (HCSB)
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
Psalms 106 : 10 (HCSB)
He saved them from the hand of the adversary; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms 106 : 11 (HCSB)
Water covered their foes; not one of them remained.
Psalms 106 : 12 (HCSB)
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
Psalms 106 : 13 (HCSB)
They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel.
Psalms 106 : 14 (HCSB)
They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Psalms 106 : 15 (HCSB)
He gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
Psalms 106 : 16 (HCSB)
In the camp they were envious of Moses and of Aaron, the LORD's holy one.
Psalms 106 : 17 (HCSB)
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Psalms 106 : 18 (HCSB)
Fire blazed throughout their assembly; flames consumed the wicked.
Psalms 106 : 19 (HCSB)
At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped the cast metal image.
Psalms 106 : 20 (HCSB)
They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
Psalms 106 : 21 (HCSB)
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
Psalms 106 : 22 (HCSB)
wonderful works in the land of Ham, awe-inspiring deeds at the Red Sea.
Psalms 106 : 23 (HCSB)
So He said He would have destroyed them-- if Moses His chosen one had not stood before Him in the breach to turn His wrath away from destroying *them .
Psalms 106 : 24 (HCSB)
They despised the pleasant land and did not believe His promise.
Psalms 106 : 25 (HCSB)
They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the LORD's voice.
Psalms 106 : 26 (HCSB)
So He raised His hand against them *with an oath that He would make them fall in the desert
Psalms 106 : 27 (HCSB)
and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them throughout the lands.
Psalms 106 : 28 (HCSB)
They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
Psalms 106 : 29 (HCSB)
They provoked the LORD with their deeds, and a plague broke out against them.
Psalms 106 : 30 (HCSB)
But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped.
Psalms 106 : 31 (HCSB)
It was credited to him as righteousness throughout all generations to come.
Psalms 106 : 32 (HCSB)
They angered *the LORD at the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them;
Psalms 106 : 33 (HCSB)
for they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
Psalms 106 : 34 (HCSB)
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
Psalms 106 : 35 (HCSB)
but mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.
Psalms 106 : 36 (HCSB)
They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
Psalms 106 : 37 (HCSB)
They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
Psalms 106 : 38 (HCSB)
They shed innocent blood-- the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood.
Psalms 106 : 39 (HCSB)
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
Psalms 106 : 40 (HCSB)
Therefore the LORD's anger burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
Psalms 106 : 41 (HCSB)
He handed them over to the nations; those who hated them ruled them.
Psalms 106 : 42 (HCSB)
Their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their power.
Psalms 106 : 43 (HCSB)
He rescued them many times, but they continued to rebel deliberately and were beaten down by their sin.
Psalms 106 : 44 (HCSB)
When He heard their cry, He took note of their distress,
Psalms 106 : 45 (HCSB)
remembered His covenant with them, and relented according to the abundance of His faithful love.
Psalms 106 : 46 (HCSB)
He caused them to be pitied before all their captors.
Psalms 106 : 47 (HCSB)
Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your holy name and rejoice in Your praise.
Psalms 106 : 48 (HCSB)
May the LORD, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!
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