Psalm 106

New King James Version

^(A)Oh, give thanks to theLord, forHe isgood!
For His mercyenduresforever.

² Who can^[b]utter the mighty acts of theLord?
Who can declare all His praise?
³ Blessedarethose who keep justice,
And^[c]he who^(B)does righteousness at^(C)all times!

^4 (D)Remember me, OLord, with the favorYou have towardYour people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
⁵ That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with^[d]Your inheritance.

^6 (E)We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
^(F)But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
^(G)That He might make His mighty power known.
^9 (H)He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So^(I)He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.
¹⁰ He^(J)saved them from the hand of him who hatedthem,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
^11 (K)The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.
^12 (L)Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.

^13 (M)They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
^14 (N)But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
^15 (O)And He gave them their request,
But^(P)sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶ When^(Q)they envied Moses in the camp,
AndAaron the saint of theLord,
^17 (R)The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.
^18 (S)A fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.

^19 (T)They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
²⁰ Thus^(U)they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
^23 (V)Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one^(W)stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroythem.

²⁴ Then they despised^(X)the pleasant land;
They^(Y)did not believe His word,
^25 (Z)But complained in their tents,
Anddid not heed the voice of theLord.
^26 (AA)Therefore He raised His handin an oathagainst them,
^(AB)To^[e]overthrow them in the wilderness,
^27 (AC)To^[f]overthrow their descendants among the^[g]nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.

^28 (AD)They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices^[h]made to the dead.
²⁹ Thus they provokedHimto anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
^30 (AE)Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.
³¹ And that was accounted to him^(AF)for righteousness
To all generations forevermore.

^32 (AG)They angeredHimalso at the waters of^[i]strife,
^(AH)So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
^33 (AI)Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

^34 (AJ)They did not destroy the peoples,
^(AK)Concerning whom theLordhad commanded them,
^35 (AL)But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
^36 (AM)They served their idols,
^(AN)Which became a snare to them.
^37 (AO)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to^(AP)demons,
³⁸ And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And^(AQ)the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they^[j]were^(AR)defiled by their own works,
And^(AS)played^[k]the harlot by their own deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore^(AT)the wrath of theLordwas kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred^(AU)His own inheritance.
⁴¹ And^(AV)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
^43 (AW)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When^(AX)He heard their cry;
^45 (AY)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And^(AZ)relented^(BA)according to the multitude of His mercies.
^46 (BB)He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.

^47 (BC)Save us, OLordour God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.

^48 (BD)BlessedbetheLordGod of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”

^[l]Praise theLord!