Psalm 106:6–27

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.

^19*They made a gold bull calf at Sinai

and worshipped that idol;

^20*they exchanged the glory of God

for the image of an animal that eats grass.

^21*They forgot the God who had saved them

by his mighty acts in Egypt.

^22*What wonderful things he did there!

What amazing things at the Red Sea!

^23*When God said that he would destroy his people,

his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God

and prevented his anger from destroying them.

^24*Then they rejected the pleasant land,

because they did not believe God’s promise.

^25*They stayed in their tents and grumbled

and would not listen to the Lord.

^26*So he gave them a solemn warning

that he would make them die in the desert

^27*and scatter their descendants among the heathen,

letting them die in foreign countries.