Psalm 106–107

Psalm 106

ISRAEL’S UNFAITHFULNESS TO GOD

¹Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.^f

²Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts

or proclaim all the praise due him?^g

³How happy are those who uphold justice,

who practice righteousness at all times.^h

⁴Remember me, Lord,

when you show favor to your people.ⁱ

Come to me with your salvation

⁵so that I may enjoy the prosperity

of your chosen ones,

rejoice in the joy of your nation,

and boast about your heritage.^j

⁶Both we and our ancestors have sinned;

we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^k

⁷Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp

the significance of your wondrous works

or remember your many acts of faithful love;

instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^l

⁸Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,

to make his power known.^m

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;

he led them through the depths as through a desert.ⁿ

¹⁰He saved them from the power of the adversary;

he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^o

¹¹Water covered their foes;

not one of them remained.^p

¹²Then they believed his promises

and sang his praise.^q

¹³They soon forgot his works

and would not wait for his counsel.^r

¹⁴They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert.^s

¹⁵He gave them what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease among them.^t

¹⁶In the camp they were envious of Moses

and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^u

¹⁷The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram.^v

¹⁸Fire blazed throughout their assembly;

flames consumed the wicked.^w

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf

and worshiped the cast metal image.^x

²⁰They exchanged their glory^AB

for the image of a grass-eating ox.^y

²¹They forgot God their Savior,

who did great things in Egypt,^z

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham,^C

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^aa

²³So 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.^ab

²⁴They despised the pleasant land

and did not believe his promise.^ac

²⁵They grumbled in their tents

and did not listen to the Lord.^ad

²⁶So he raised his hand against them with an oath

that he would make them fall in the desert^a

²⁷and would disperse their descendants^D

among the nations,

scattering them throughout the lands.^b

²⁸They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^Ec

²⁹They angered the Lord with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them.^d

³⁰But Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stopped.^e

³¹It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come.^f

³²They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered^A because of them,^g

³³for they embittered his spirit,^B

and he spoke rashly with his lips.^h

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples

as the Lord had commanded themⁱ

³⁵but mingled with the nations

and adopted their ways.^j

³⁶They served their idols,

which became a snare to them.^k

³⁷They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^l

³⁸They 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.^m

³⁹They defiled themselves by their actions

and prostituted themselves by their deeds.ⁿ

⁴⁰Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,

and he abhorred his own inheritance.^o

⁴¹He handed them over to the nations;

those who hated them ruled over them.^p

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were subdued under their power.^q

⁴³He rescued them many times,

but they continued to rebel deliberately

and were beaten down by their iniquity.^r

⁴⁴When he heard their cry,

he took note of their distress,^s

⁴⁵remembered his covenant with them,

and relented according to the abundance

of his faithful love.^t

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors.^u

⁴⁷Save us, Lord our God,

and gather us from the nations,

so that we may give thanks to your holy name

and rejoice in your praise.^v

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.^w

Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Hallelujah!^x

BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

THANKSGIVING FOR GOD’S DELIVERANCE

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.^y

²Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim

that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe^z

³and has gathered them from the lands—

from the east and the west,

from the north and the south.^aa

⁴Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,

finding no way to a city where they could live.^ab

⁵They were hungry and thirsty;

their spirits failed^A within them.^a

⁶Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he rescued them from their distress.^b

⁷He led them by the right path

to go to a city where they could live.^c

⁸Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^d

⁹For he has satisfied the thirsty

and filled the hungry with good things.^e

¹⁰Others sat in darkness and gloom—

prisoners in cruel chains^f—

¹¹because they rebelled against God’s commands

and despised the counsel of the Most High.^g

¹²He broke their spirits^C with hard labor;

they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^h

¹³Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he saved them from their distress.ⁱ

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and gloom

and broke their chains apart.^j

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^k

¹⁶For he has broken down the bronze gates

and cut through the iron bars.^l

¹⁷Fools suffered affliction

because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.^m

¹⁸They loathed all food

and came near the gates of death.ⁿ

¹⁹Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he saved them from their distress.^o

²⁰He sent his word and healed them;

he rescued them from their traps.

²¹Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^q

²²Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices

and announce his works with shouts of joy.^r

²³Others went to sea in ships,

conducting trade on the vast water.^s

²⁴They saw the Lord’s works,

his wondrous works in the deep.^t

²⁵He spoke and raised a stormy wind

that stirred up the waves of the sea.^Au

²⁶Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,

their courage^B melting away in anguish,^v

²⁷they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,

and all their skill was useless.^w

²⁸Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

and he brought them out of their distress.^x

²⁹He stilled the storm to a whisper,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.^y

³⁰They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.

Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.^z

³¹Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^aa

³²Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people

and praise him in the council of the elders.^ab

³³He turns rivers into desert,

springs into thirsty ground,^ac

³⁴and fruitful land into salty wasteland,

because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.^ad

³⁵He turns a desert into a pool,

dry land into springs.^ae

³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there,

and they establish a city where they can live.^af

³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest.^ag

³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;^ah

he does not let their livestock decrease.^a

³⁹When they are diminished and are humbled

by cruel oppression and sorrow,^b

⁴⁰he pours contempt on nobles^c

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.^d

⁴¹But he lifts the needy out of their suffering^e

and makes their families multiply like flocks.^f

⁴²The upright see it and rejoice,^g

and all injustice shuts its mouth.^h

⁴³Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things

and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.ⁱ