Psalms 106
106
God Is Good
1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Everyone thank God, for he is good and easy to please.
Your tender love for us, Lord, continues on forever.
2Who could ever fully describe your glorious miracles?
Yahweh, who could ever praise you enough?
3The happiest one on earth is the one who keeps your word
and clings to righteousness every moment.
4So remember me, Lord, as you take joy in your people.
And when you come to bring the blessings of salvation,
don’t forget me!
5Let me share in the wealth and beauty of all your devoted lovers,
rejoice with your nation in all their joys,
and let me share in the glory you give to your chosen ones.
6We have all sinned so much, just like our fathers.
“Guilty” is written over our lives.
7Our fathers who were delivered from Egypt
didn’t fully understand your wonders,
and they took you for granted.
Over and over you showed them such tender love and mercy!
Yet they were barely beyond the Red Sea
when they rebelled against you.
8Nonetheless, you saved them more than once
so they would know how powerful you are,
showing them the honor of your name.
9You roared over the waters of the Red Sea,
making a dry path for your people to cross through.
10You freed them from the strong power
of those who oppressed them
and rescued them from bondage.
11Then the waters rushed over their enemies and drowned them all—
not one survived.
12Seeing this, the people believed your words,
and they all broke out with songs of praise!
13Yet how quickly they forgot your miracles of power.
They wouldn’t wait for you to act when they were hungry,
14but demanded you satisfy their cravings and give them food!
They tested you to the breaking point.
15So you gave them what they wanted to eat,
but their souls starved away to nothing.
16They became envious of Moses and Aaron, your holy ones.
17You split open the earth, and it swallowed up
Dathan and Abiram along with their followers.
18Fire fell from heaven and burnt up all the band of rebels,
turning them to ashes.
19They made an idol of a calf at Sinai
and bowed to worship their man-made statue.
20They preferred the image of a grass-eating ox
to the presence of the glory-filled God.
21-22They totally forgot it was you who saved them
by the wonders and awesome miracles you worked in Egypt.
23So you decided to destroy them.
But Moses, your chosen leader,
stood in the gap between you and the people
and made intercession on their behalf
to turn away your wrath from killing them all.
24Yet they still didn’t believe your words
and they despised the land of delight you gave to them.
25They grumbled and found fault with everything
and closed their hearts to your voice.
26So you solemnly swore to them
that they would all die in the desert.
27And you scattered their children to distant lands to die as exiles.
28Then our fathers joined the worshipers
of the false god named “Lord of the Pit.”
They even ate the sacrifices offered to the dead!
29All they did made you burn with anger.
It made you so angry that a plague broke out among them!
30It continued until Phineas intervened and executed
the guilty for causing judgment to fall upon them. # 106:30 This is implicit information found in the story of Phineas (Num. 25:7–9).
31Because of this deed of righteousness
Phineas will be remembered forever.
32Your people also provoked you to wrath
at the stream called Strife. # 106:32 The word used here is Meribah, the Hebrew word for “strife” (Num. 20:1–13).
This is where Moses got into serious trouble!
33Because the people were rebellious against you,
Moses exploded in anger and spoke to them out of his bitterness.
34Neither did our fathers destroy the enemies in the land,
as you had commanded them.
35But they mingled themselves with their enemies
and learned to copy their works of darkness.
36They began to serve their gods and bow before their idols.
All of this led them away from you
and brought about their downfall.
37They even sacrificed their little children to the demon spirits,
38-39shedding the innocent blood of their sons and daughters.
These dark practices greatly defiled the land and their own souls,
through the murder and bloodshed of their own babies!
Their sins made them spiritual adulterers before you.
40This is why you were furious.
As your anger burned hot against them,
you couldn’t even stand to look
at your very own people any longer!
41So you turned them over to the crushing hands of other nations,
and those who hated them became tyrants over them.
42Oppressive enemies subdued them,
ruling over them with their tyranny.
43Many times you would have come to rescue them,
but they continued in their rebellious ways,
choosing to ignore your warnings.
Then they sank lower and lower, destroyed by their depravity.
44-45Yet even so, you waited and waited,
watching to see if they would turn
and cry out to you for a father’s help.
And then, when you heard their cry,
you relented and you remembered your covenant,
and you turned your heart toward them again,
according to your abundant, overflowing, and limitless love.
46Then you caused even their oppressors
to pity them and show them compassion.
47Do it again, Lord! Save us, O Lord, our God!
Gather us from our exile and unite us together
so that we will give our great and joyous thanks to you again
and bring you glory by our praises.
48Blessed be our Lord God forever and ever.
And let everyone everywhere say, “Hallelujah!”
Amen! Faithful is our King!
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The Deuteronomy Psalms
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106
Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins
1Praise the Lord!
#1 Chr. 16:34, 41Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Who can declare all His praise?
3Blessed are those who keep justice,
And he who #Ps. 15:2does righteousness at #(Gal. 6:9)all times!
4#Ps. 119:132Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
5That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with Your inheritance.
6#1 Kin. 8:47; (Ezra 9:7; Neh. 1:7; Jer. 3:25; Dan. 9:5)We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.
7Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
#Ex. 14:11, 12But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.
8Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
#Ex. 9:16That He might make His mighty power known.
9#Ex. 14:21; Ps. 18:15; Is. 51:10; Nah. 1:4He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So #Is. 63:11–13He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.
10He #Ex. 14:30saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11#Ex. 14:27, 28; 15:5The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.
12#Ex. 15:1–21Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.
13#Ex. 15:24; 16:2; 17:2They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
14#Num. 11:4; 1 Cor. 10:6But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
15#Num. 11:31And He gave them their request,
But #Is. 10:16sent leanness into their soul.
16When #Num. 16:1–3they envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
17#Num. 16:31, 32; Deut. 11:6The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.
18#Num. 16:35, 46A fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
19#Ex. 32:1–4; Deut. 9:8; Acts 7:41They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20Thus #Jer. 2:11; Rom. 1:23they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
23#Ex. 32:10; Deut. 9:19Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one #Ezek. 22:30stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
24Then they despised #Deut. 8:7; Jer. 3:19; Ezek. 20:6the pleasant land;
They #Deut. 1:32; 9:23; (Heb. 3:18, 19)did not believe His word,
25#Num. 14:2, 27; Deut. 1:27But complained in their tents,
And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26#Ezek. 20:15, 16; (Heb. 3:11, 18)Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them,
#Num. 14:28–30To overthrow them in the wilderness,
27#Lev. 26:33; Ezek. 20:23To overthrow their descendants among the nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.
28#Num. 25:3; Deut. 4:3; Hos. 9:10They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
30#Num. 25:7, 8Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.
31And that was accounted to him #Gen. 15:6; Num. 25:11–13for righteousness
To all generations forevermore.
32#Num. 20:3–13; Ps. 81:7They angered Him also at the waters of strife,
#Deut. 1:37; 3:26So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
33#Num. 20:3, 10Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
34#Judg. 1:21They did not destroy the peoples,
#(Deut. 7:2, 16); Judg. 2:2Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
35#Judg. 3:5, 6But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
36#Judg. 2:12They served their idols,
#Deut. 7:16Which became a snare to them.
37#(Deut. 12:31; 32:17, 18); 2 Kin. 16:3; 17:17; Ezek. 16:20, 21; (1 Cor. 10:20)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to #(Lev. 17:7)demons,
38And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And #(Num. 35:33; Is. 24:5; Jer. 3:1, 2)the land was polluted with blood.
39Thus they were #(Lev. 18:24); Ezek. 20:18defiled by their own works,
And #(Lev. 17:7; Num. 15:39); Judg. 2:17; Hos. 4:12played the harlot by their own deeds.
40Therefore #Judg. 2:14; Ps. 78:59the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred #(Deut. 9:29; 32:9)His own inheritance.
41And #Judg. 2:14; (Neh. 9:27)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43#Judg. 2:16; (Neh. 9:27)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.
44Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When #Judg. 3:9; 6:7; 10:10He heard their cry;
45#(Lev. 26:41, 42)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And #Judg. 2:18relented #Ps. 69:16according to the multitude of His mercies.
46#1 Kin. 8:50; (2 Chr. 30:9); Ezra 9:9; Neh. 1:11; Jer. 42:12He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.
47#1 Chr. 16:35, 36Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.
48#Ps. 41:13Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord!
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