Psalms 106 : 1 (NLT)
Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
Psalms 106 : 2 (NLT)
Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him enough?
Psalms 106 : 3 (NLT)
There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.
Psalms 106 : 4 (NLT)
Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.
Psalms 106 : 5 (NLT)
Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.
Psalms 106 : 6 (NLT)
Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
Psalms 106 : 7 (NLT)
Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD's miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.
Psalms 106 : 8 (NLT)
Even so, he saved them-- to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.
Psalms 106 : 9 (NLT)
He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.
Psalms 106 : 10 (NLT)
So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.
Psalms 106 : 11 (NLT)
Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.
Psalms 106 : 12 (NLT)
Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.
Psalms 106 : 13 (NLT)
Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn't wait for his counsel!
Psalms 106 : 14 (NLT)
In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God's patience in that dry wasteland.
Psalms 106 : 15 (NLT)
So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.
Psalms 106 : 16 (NLT)
The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.
Psalms 106 : 17 (NLT)
Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.
Psalms 106 : 18 (NLT)
Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
Psalms 106 : 19 (NLT)
The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.
Psalms 106 : 20 (NLT)
They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.
Psalms 106 : 21 (NLT)
They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt--
Psalms 106 : 22 (NLT)
such wonderful things in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.
Psalms 106 : 23 (NLT)
So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.
Psalms 106 : 24 (NLT)
The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn't believe his promise to care for them.
Psalms 106 : 25 (NLT)
Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD.
Psalms 106 : 26 (NLT)
Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,
Psalms 106 : 27 (NLT)
that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.
Psalms 106 : 28 (NLT)
Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
Psalms 106 : 29 (NLT)
They angered the LORD with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.
Psalms 106 : 30 (NLT)
But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.
Psalms 106 : 31 (NLT)
So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.
Psalms 106 : 32 (NLT)
At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD, causing Moses serious trouble.
Psalms 106 : 33 (NLT)
They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.
Psalms 106 : 34 (NLT)
Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had commanded them.
Psalms 106 : 35 (NLT)
Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.
Psalms 106 : 36 (NLT)
They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.
Psalms 106 : 37 (NLT)
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
Psalms 106 : 38 (NLT)
They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.
Psalms 106 : 39 (NLT)
They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the LORD's sight.
Psalms 106 : 40 (NLT)
That is why the LORD's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.
Psalms 106 : 41 (NLT)
He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.
Psalms 106 : 42 (NLT)
Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.
Psalms 106 : 43 (NLT)
Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.
Psalms 106 : 44 (NLT)
Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.
Psalms 106 : 45 (NLT)
He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.
Psalms 106 : 46 (NLT)
He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.
Psalms 106 : 47 (NLT)
Save us, O LORD our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.
Psalms 106 : 48 (NLT)
Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!
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