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!
Book 5
The Deuteronomy Psalms
Psalms of praise and the Word
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106
Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good
1Hallelujah! #106:1 Or Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the Lord; also in verse 48
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His loving devotion endures forever.
2Who can describe the mighty acts of the Lord
or fully proclaim His praise?
3Blessed are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor to Your people;
visit me with Your salvation,
5that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
and give glory with Your inheritance.
6We have sinned like our fathers;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders
or remember Your abundant kindness;
but they rebelled by the sea,
there at the Red Sea.#106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22
8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name,
to make His power known.
9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10He saved them from the hand that hated them;
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11The waters covered their foes;
not one of them remained.
12Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.
13Yet they soon forgot His works
and failed to wait for His counsel.
14They craved intensely in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.
15So He granted their request,
but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16In the camp they envied Moses,
as well as Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18Then fire blazed through their company;
flames consumed the wicked.
19At Horeb #106:19 That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai they made a calf
and worshiped a molten image.
20They exchanged their Glory #106:20 Or their glorious God
for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,
22wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23So He said He would destroy them—
had not Moses His chosen one
stood before Him in the breach
to divert His wrath from destroying them.
24They despised the pleasant land;
they did not believe His promise.
25They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26So He raised His hand and swore
to cast them down in the wilderness,
27to disperse #106:27 Or cast down or cause to fall their offspring among the nations
and scatter them throughout the lands.
28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29So they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
30But Phinehas stood and intervened,
and the plague was restrained.
31It was credited to him as righteousness
for endless generations to come.
32At the waters of Meribah #106:32 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7. they angered the Lord,
and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33For they rebelled against His Spirit,#106:33 Or they provoked His Spirit
and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them,
35but they mingled with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36They worshiped their idols,
which became a snare to them.
37They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons.
38They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was polluted with blood.
39They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40So the anger of the Lord burned against His people,
and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41He delivered them into the hand of the nations,
and those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressed them,
and subdued them under their hand.
43Many times He rescued them,
but they were bent on rebellion
and sank down in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless He heard their cry;
He took note of their distress.
45And He remembered His covenant with them,
and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46He made them objects of compassion
to all who held them captive.
47Save us, O Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to Your holy name,
that we may glory in Your praise.
48Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!
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