Psalms 106 : 1 (NLV)
Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever.
Psalms 106 : 2 (NLV)
Who can put into words the great works of the Lord? Who can make known all His praise?
Psalms 106 : 3 (NLV)
Happy are those who are faithful in being fair and who always do what is right and good!
Psalms 106 : 4 (NLV)
O Lord, remember me when You show favor to Your people. Visit me also when You save them.
Psalms 106 : 5 (NLV)
So I may share in the well-being of Your chosen ones. So I may share in the joy of Your nation, and be proud of Your people.
Psalms 106 : 6 (NLV)
We have sinned like our fathers. We have done wrong. We have been sinful in our actions.
Psalms 106 : 7 (NLV)
Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your powerful works. They did not remember how many times You showed Your loving-kindness. But they turned against You by the sea, the Red Sea.
Psalms 106 : 8 (NLV)
Yet He saved them because of the honor of His name, and to make His great power known.
Psalms 106 : 9 (NLV)
So He spoke sharp words to the Red Sea and it dried up. And He led them through the sea as through a desert.
Psalms 106 : 10 (NLV)
He saved them from the hand of those who hated them. He set them free from the hand of those who went against them.
Psalms 106 : 11 (NLV)
And the waters covered those who hated them. Not one of them was left.
Psalms 106 : 12 (NLV)
Then they believed His promises. They sang His praise.
Psalms 106 : 13 (NLV)
But they soon forgot His works. They did not wait to hear what He wanted them to do.
Psalms 106 : 14 (NLV)
They wanted many things in the desert, and they tempted God there.
Psalms 106 : 15 (NLV)
So He gave them what they wanted, but He allowed their souls to become weak because of it.
Psalms 106 : 16 (NLV)
They were jealous of Moses in the place where they set up their tents. And they were jealous of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
Psalms 106 : 17 (NLV)
So the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan. It closed over the group of Abiram.
Psalms 106 : 18 (NLV)
And a fire came among their followers. It burned up the sinful people.
Psalms 106 : 19 (NLV)
They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a god of gold.
Psalms 106 : 20 (NLV)
They traded their shining-greatness for something that looked like a bull that eats grass.
Psalms 106 : 21 (NLV)
They forgot the God Who saved them, Who had done great things in Egypt,
Psalms 106 : 22 (NLV)
powerful works in the land of Ham, and works that brought fear by the Red Sea.
Psalms 106 : 23 (NLV)
So He said that He would destroy them. But Moses, His chosen one, stood in the way to keep His anger from destroying them.
Psalms 106 : 24 (NLV)
Then they hated the good land. They did not believe in His Word.
Psalms 106 : 25 (NLV)
But they complained in their tents. They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
Psalms 106 : 26 (NLV)
So He swore to them that He would let them die in the desert.
Psalms 106 : 27 (NLV)
And He would spread out their children among the nations and divide them over all the earth.
Psalms 106 : 28 (NLV)
They joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate gifts given to the dead.
Psalms 106 : 29 (NLV)
They made the Lord angry by their actions and a sickness broke out among them.
Psalms 106 : 30 (NLV)
Then Phinehas stood up and came between them, and the sickness was stopped.
Psalms 106 : 31 (NLV)
And this made him right with God to all people forever.
Psalms 106 : 32 (NLV)
They also made the Lord angry at the waters of Meribah. And trouble came to Moses because of them.
Psalms 106 : 33 (NLV)
He spoke from his lips without thinking because they went against the Spirit of God.
Psalms 106 : 34 (NLV)
They did not destroy the people as the Lord told them to do.
Psalms 106 : 35 (NLV)
But they mixed with the nations and learned their ways.
Psalms 106 : 36 (NLV)
They served their gods, which became a trap to them.
Psalms 106 : 37 (NLV)
They even gave their sons and daughters as gifts on an altar to the demons.
Psalms 106 : 38 (NLV)
They poured out the blood of those who were not guilty, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they gave on an altar to the gods of Canaan. And the land was poisoned with blood.
Psalms 106 : 39 (NLV)
They made themselves unclean by what they did. They were not true to God in what they did.
Psalms 106 : 40 (NLV)
So the Lord was angry with His people. He hated His people.
Psalms 106 : 41 (NLV)
So He handed them over to the nations. And those who hated them ruled over them.
Psalms 106 : 42 (NLV)
Those who hated them held a strong power over them. And they were made to obey them.
Psalms 106 : 43 (NLV)
God set them free many times. But they always turned against Him and went deeper into sin.
Psalms 106 : 44 (NLV)
But He looked upon their trouble when He heard their cry.
Psalms 106 : 45 (NLV)
He remembered His agreement because of them, and took pity on them by the greatness of His loving-kindness.
Psalms 106 : 46 (NLV)
Those who held them also saw how God took pity on them.
Psalms 106 : 47 (NLV)
O Lord our God, save us! Gather us from among the nations. And we will give thanks to Your holy name and find honor in Your praise.
Psalms 106 : 48 (NLV)
Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Israel, forever and ever. Let all the people say, "Let it be so!" Praise the Lord!
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