Psalmen 106

1. ¹Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
2. ²Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, Or fully declare all his praise?
3. ³Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
4. ⁴Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
5. ⁵That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
6. ⁶We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
7. ⁷Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8. ⁸Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power known.
9. ⁹He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; So he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
10. ¹⁰He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11. ¹¹The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
12. ¹²Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
13. ¹³They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
14. ¹⁴But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.
15. ¹⁵He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
16. ¹⁶They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
17. ¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
18. ¹⁸A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
19. ¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a molten image.
20. ²⁰Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.
21. ²¹They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
22. ²²Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.
23. ²³Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
24. ²⁴Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,
25. ²⁵But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
26. ²⁶Therefore he swore to them That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
27. ²⁷That he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
28. ²⁸They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29. ²⁹Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
30. ³⁰Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.
31. ³¹That was credited to him for righteousness, For all generations to come.
32. ³²They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
33. ³³Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
34. ³⁴They didn't destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,
35. ³⁵But mixed themselves with the nations, And learned their works.
36. ³⁶They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
37. ³⁷Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38. ³⁸They shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
39. ³⁹Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.
40. ⁴⁰Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
41. ⁴¹He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
42. ⁴²Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
43. ⁴³Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
44. ⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry.
45. ⁴⁵He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
46. ⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive.
47. ⁴⁷Save us, Yahweh, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!
48. ⁴⁸Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!

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