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
Psalms of praise and the Word
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Psalm 106
Israel’s Rebelliousness and the Lord’s Help.
1 # 106:1 Or Hallelujah! Praise #106:1 Heb Yahthe Lord!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His mercy is everlasting.
2Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can proclaim all His praise?
3How blessed are those who maintain #106:3 Or judgmentjustice,
# 106:3 Many Heb mss The one who performs Who practice righteousness at all times!
4¶Remember me, Lord, in Your favor #106:4 Lit oftoward Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation,
5So that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
That I may boast with Your #106:5 I.e., peopleinheritance.
6¶We have sinned #106:6 Lit withlike our fathers,
We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.
7Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your #106:7 I.e., wonderful actswonders;
They did not remember #106:7 Lit the multitude of Your kindnessesYour abundant kindnesses,
But rebelled by the sea, at the #106:7 Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea.
8Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name,
So that He might make His power known.
9So He rebuked the #106:9 Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea and it dried up,
And He led them through the mighty waters, as through the wilderness.
10So He saved them from the #106:10 Or powerhand of one who hated them,
And redeemed them from the #106:10 Or powerhand of the enemy.
11The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
12Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.
13¶They quickly forgot His works;
They did not wait for His plan,
14But became lustfully greedy in the wilderness,
And put God to the test in the desert.
15So He gave them their request,
But sent a #106:15 Or leanness into their soulwasting disease among them.
16¶When they became envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the #106:17 Or assembly, bandcompany of Abiram.
18And a fire blazed up in their #106:18 Or assembly, bandcompany;
The flame consumed the wicked.
19¶They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped a cast metal image.
20So they exchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
21They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 # 106:22 I.e., Wonderful acts Wonders in the land of Ham,
And awesome things by the #106:22 Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea.
23Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
24Then they rejected the pleasant land;
They did not believe His word,
25But grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26Therefore He #106:26 Lit lifted up His handswore to them
That He would have them fall in the wilderness,
27And that He would bring down their #106:27 Lit seeddescendants among the nations,
And scatter them in the lands.
28¶They also followed #106:28 Or Baal of PeorBaal-peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29So they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And a plague broke out among them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and #106:30 Or pronounced judgmentintervened,
And so the plague was brought to a halt.
31And it was credited to him as righteousness,
To all generations forever.
32¶They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of #106:32 Lit strifeMeribah,
So that it went badly for Moses on their account.
33Because they were rebellious against #106:33 Or his spiritHis Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.
34¶They did not destroy the peoples,
As the Lord had commanded them,
35But they got involved with the nations
And learned their #106:35 Lit workspractices,
36And served their idols,
Which became a snare to them.
37They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,
38And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and their daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was defiled with the blood.
39So they became unclean in their #106:39 Lit workspractices,
And #106:39 Or prostituted themselveswere unfaithful in their deeds.
40¶Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He loathed His #106:40 I.e., peopleinheritance.
41So He handed them over to the #106:41 Or Gentilesnations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were subdued under their #106:42 Lit handpower.
43Many times He would rescue them;
They, however, were rebellious in their plan,
And they sank down into their guilt.
44¶Nevertheless He looked at their distress
When He heard their cry;
45And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And #106:45 Lit was sorryrelented according to the greatness of His mercy.
46He also made them objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.
47¶Save us, Lord our God,
And gather us from the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And glory in Your praise.
48Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
And all the people shall say, “Amen.”
# 106:48 Or Hallelujah! Praise #106:48 Heb Yahthe Lord!
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