Thematic Bible

Psalm 106:1

Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 106:2

Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts
or proclaim all the praise due Him?
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 106:3

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

Psalm 106:4

Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people.
Come to me with Your salvation

Psalm 106:5

so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of Your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
and boast about Your heritage.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 106:6

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:8

Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known.

Psalm 106:9

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
He led them through the depths as through a desert.

Psalm 106:10

He saved them from the hand of the adversary;
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 106:11

Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.

Psalm 106:12

Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.

Psalm 106:13

They soon forgot His works
and would not wait for His counsel.

Psalm 106:14

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

Psalm 106:15

He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.

Psalm 106:16

In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Psalm 106:18

Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.

Psalm 106:19

At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.

Psalm 106:20

They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Psalm 106:21

They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,

Psalm 106:22

wonderful works in the land of Ham,
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:23

So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.

Psalm 106:24

They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.

Psalm 106:25

They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord’s voice.

Psalm 106:26

So He raised His hand against them with an oath
that He would make them fall in the desert

Psalm 106:27

and would disperse their descendants
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.

Psalm 106:28

They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

Psalm 106:29

They provoked the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.

Psalm 106:30

But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.

Psalm 106:31

It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.

Psalm 106:32

They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them;

Psalm 106:33

for they embittered his spirit,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them

Psalm 106:35

but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.

Psalm 106:36

They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.

Psalm 106:37

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

Psalm 106:38

They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.

Psalm 106:39

They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Psalm 106:40

Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against His people,
and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Psalm 106:41

He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled them.

Psalm 106:42

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

Psalm 106:43

He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their sin.

Psalm 106:44

When He heard their cry,
He took note of their distress,

Psalm 106:45

remembered His covenant with them,
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.

Psalm 106:46

He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.

Psalm 106:47

Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.

Psalm 106:48

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!