Psalm 106:6–46

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