Psalm 106:1–18

The ’s Goodness to His People

106^*Praise the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good;

his love is eternal.

²Who can tell all the great things he has done?

Who can praise him enough?

³Happy are those who obey his commands,

who always do what is right.

⁴Remember me, Lord, when you help your people;

include me when you save them.

⁵Let me see the prosperity of your people

and share in the happiness of your nation,

in the glad pride of those who belong to you.

⁶We have sinned as our ancestors did;

we have been wicked and evil.

^7*Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God’s wonderful acts;

they forgot the many times he showed them his love,

and they rebelled against the Almighty^m at the Red Sea.

⁸But he saved them, as he had promised,

in order to show his great power.

^9*He gave a command to the Red Sea,

and it dried up;

he led his people across on dry land.

^10*He saved them from those who hated them;

he rescued them from their enemies.

^11*But the water drowned their enemies;

not one of them was left.

^12*Then his people believed his promises

and sang praises to him.

¹³But they quickly forgot what he had done

and acted without waiting for his advice.

^14*They were filled with craving in the desert

and put God to the test;

^15*so he gave them what they asked for,

but also sent a terrible disease among them.

^16*There in the desert they were jealous of Moses

and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy servant.

^17*Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan

and buried Abiram and his family;

^18*fire came down on their followers

and burnt up those wicked people.