Thematic Bible

Psalm 106:1

Praise the Lord!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Psalm 106:2

Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can show forth all His praise?
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Psalm 106:3

How blessed are those who keep justice,
Who practice righteousness at all times!

Psalm 106:4

Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,

Psalm 106:5

That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with Your inheritance.
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Psalm 106:6

We have sinned like our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses,
But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:8

Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name,
That He might make His power known.

Psalm 106:9

Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up,
And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

Psalm 106:10

So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 106:11

The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.

Psalm 106:12

Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.

Psalm 106:13

They quickly forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,

Psalm 106:14

But craved intensely in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.

Psalm 106:15

So He gave them their request,
But sent a wasting disease among them.

Psalm 106:16

When they became envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the company of Abiram.

Psalm 106:18

And a fire blazed up in their company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

Psalm 106:19

They made a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.

Psalm 106:20

Thus they exchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.

Psalm 106:21

They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,

Psalm 106:22

Wonders in the land of Ham
And awesome things by the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:23

Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Psalm 106:24

Then they despised the pleasant land;
They did not believe in His word,

Psalm 106:25

But grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

Psalm 106:26

Therefore He swore to them
That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

Psalm 106:27

And that He would cast their seed among the nations
And scatter them in the lands.

Psalm 106:28

They joined themselves also to Baal-peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

Psalm 106:29

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.

Psalm 106:30

Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,
And so the plague was stayed.

Psalm 106:31

And it was reckoned to him for righteousness,
To all generations forever.

Psalm 106:32

They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

Psalm 106:33

Because they were rebellious against His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the peoples,
As the Lord commanded them,

Psalm 106:35

But they mingled with the nations
And learned their practices,

Psalm 106:36

And served their idols,
Which became a snare to them.

Psalm 106:37

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

Psalm 106:38

And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with the blood.

Psalm 106:39

Thus they became unclean in their practices,
And played the harlot in their deeds.

Psalm 106:40

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He abhorred His inheritance.

Psalm 106:41

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

Psalm 106:42

Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were subdued under their power.

Psalm 106:43

Many times He would deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down in their iniquity.

Psalm 106:44

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He heard their cry;

Psalm 106:45

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

Psalm 106:46

He also made them objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

Psalm 106:47

Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And glory in Your praise.

Psalm 106:48

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise the Lord!