Psalm 106

New International Version

Give thanks to theLord, for he is good;^(C)
    his love endures forever.^(D)

² Who can proclaim the mighty acts^(E)of theLord
    or fully declare his praise?
³ Blessed are those who act justly,^(F)
    who always do what is right.^(G)

⁴ Remember me,^(H)Lord, when you show favor^(I)to your people,
    come to my aid^(J)when you save them,
⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity^(K)of your chosen ones,^(L)
    that I may share in the joy^(M)of your nation
    and join your inheritance^(N)in giving praise.

⁶ We have sinned,^(O)even as our ancestors^(P)did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(Q)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought^(R)to your miracles;
they did not remember^(S)your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,^(T)the Red Sea.^[b]
8 Yet he saved them^(U)for his name’s sake,^(V)
    to make his mighty power^(W)known.
⁹ He rebuked^(X)the Red Sea, and it dried up;^(Y)
    he led them through^(Z)the depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them^(AA)from the hand of the foe;^(AB)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^(AC)
11 The waters covered^(AD)their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
¹² Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.^(AE)

¹³ But they soon forgot^(AF)what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^(AG)
14 In the desert^(AH)they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(AI)they put God to the test.^(AJ)
15 So he gave them^(AK)what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(AL)among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(AM)of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to theLord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(AN)up and swallowed Dathan;^(AO)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(AP)
18 Fire blazed^(AQ)among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(AR)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(AS)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(AT)who saved them,
    who had done great things^(AU)in Egypt,
²² miracles in the land of Ham^(AV)
    and awesome deeds^(AW)by the Red Sea.
²³ So he said he would destroy^(AX)them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach^(AY)before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they despised^(AZ)the pleasant land;^(BA)
    they did not believe^(BB)his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(BC)in their tents
    and did not obey theLord.
²⁶ So he swore^(BD)to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(BE)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(BF)them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(BG)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused theLord’s anger^(BH)by their wicked deeds,^(BI)
    and a plague^(BJ)broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(BK)stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(BL)
31 This was credited to him^(BM)as righteousness
    for endless generations^(BN)to come.
³² By the waters of Meribah^(BO)they angered theLord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(BP)against the Spirit^(BQ)of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[c](BR)

³⁴ They did not destroy^(BS)the peoples
    as theLordhad commanded^(BT)them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(BU)with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(BV)
    which became a snare^(BW)to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(BX)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(BY)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(BZ)and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(CA)by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(CB)themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore theLordwas angry^(CC)with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(CD)
41 He gave them into the hands^(CE)of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed^(CF)them
    and subjected them to their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,^(CG)
    but they were bent on rebellion^(CH)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
⁴⁴ Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;^(CI)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant^(CJ)
    and out of his great love^(CK)he relented.^(CL)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.^(CM)

⁴⁷ Save us,^(CN)Lordour God,
    and gather us^(CO)from the nations,
that we may give thanks^(CP)to your holy name^(CQ)
    and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Praise be to theLord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^(CR)

Praise theLord.