Psalms - 106

1 - Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 - Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

3 - Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4 - Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

5 - That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

6 - We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 - Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt - ; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8 - Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

9 - He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10 - And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 - And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

12 - Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 - They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

14 - But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

15 - And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

16 - They envied Moses - also in the camp, and Aaron - the saint of the LORD.

17 - The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

18 - And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19 - They made a calf in Horeb - , and worshipped the molten image.

20 - Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

21 - They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt - ;

22 - Wondrous works in the land of Ham - - , and terrible things by the Red sea.

23 - Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses - his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24 - Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

25 - But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

26 - Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

27 - To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

28 - They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 - Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

30 - Then stood up Phinehas - , and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

31 - And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

32 - They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses - for their sakes:

33 - Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

34 - They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

35 - But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

36 - And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

37 - Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

38 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan - : and the land was polluted with blood.

39 - Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

40 - Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

41 - And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

42 - Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43 - Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

44 - Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

45 - And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 - He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

47 - Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

48 - Blessed be the LORD God of Israel - from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.