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. ^s

²Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts

or proclaim all the praise due Him? ^t

³How happy are those who uphold justice,

who practice righteousness at all times. ^u

⁴Remember me, Lord,

when You show favor to Your people. ^v

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. ^w

⁶Both we and our fathers have sinned;

we have done wrong and have acted wickedly. ^x

⁷Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp

the significance of Your wonderful works

or remember Your many acts of faithful love;

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

⁸Yet He saved them because of His name,

to make His power known. ^z

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

He led them through the depths as through a desert. ^a

¹⁰He saved them from the hand of the adversary;

He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ^b

¹¹Water covered their foes;

not one of them remained. ^c

¹²Then they believed His promises

and sang His praise. ^d

¹³They soon forgot His works

and would not wait for His counsel. ^e

¹⁴They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert. ^f

¹⁵He gave them what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease among them. ^g

¹⁶In the camp they were envious of Moses

and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one. ^h

¹⁷The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram. ⁱ

¹⁸Fire blazed throughout their assembly;

flames consumed the wicked. ^j

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf

and worshiped the cast metal image. ^k

²⁰They exchanged their glory ^lm

for the image of a grass-eating ox. ⁿ

²¹They forgot God their Savior,

who did great things in Egypt, ^o

²²wonderful works in the land of Ham, ^p

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea. ^q

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. ^r

²⁴They despised the pleasant land

and did not believe His promise. ^s

²⁵They grumbled in their tents

and did not listen to the Lord’s voice. ^t

²⁶So He raised His hand against them with an oath

that He would make them fall in the desert ^u

²⁷and would disperse their descendants ^v

among the nations,

scattering them throughout the lands. ^w

²⁸They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. ^xy

²⁹They provoked the Lord with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them. ^z

³⁰But Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stopped. ^a

³¹It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come. ^b

³²They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered ^cbecause of them; ^d

³³for they embittered his spirit, ^e

and he spoke rashly with his lips. ^f

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples

as the Lord had commanded them ^g

³⁵but mingled with the nations

and adopted their ways. ^h

³⁶They served their idols,

which became a snare to them. ⁱ

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

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. ^k

³⁹They defiled themselves by their actions

and prostituted themselves by their deeds. ^l

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

and He abhorred His own inheritance. ^m

⁴¹He handed them over to the nations;

those who hated them ruled them. ⁿ

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were subdued under their power. ^o

⁴³He rescued them many times,

but they continued to rebel deliberately

and were beaten down by their sin. ^p

⁴⁴When He heard their cry,

He took note of their distress, ^q

⁴⁵remembered His covenant with them,

and relented according to the riches

of His faithful love. ^r

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors. ^s

⁴⁷Save us, Yahweh our God,

and gather us from the nations,

so that we may give thanks to Your holy name

and rejoice in Your praise. ^t

⁴⁸May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised

from everlasting to everlasting. ^u

Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Hallelujah! ^v

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. ^w

²Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim

that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe ^x

³and has gathered them from the lands—

from the east and the west,

from the north and the south. ^y

⁴Some ^zwandered in the desolate wilderness,

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

⁵They were hungry and thirsty;

their spirits failed ^bwithin them. ^c

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

He rescued them from their distress. ^d

⁷He led them by the right path

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

⁸Let them give thanks to the Lord

for His faithful love

and His wonderful works for all humanity. ^f

⁹For He has satisfied the thirsty

and filled the hungry with good things. ^g

¹⁰Others ^hsat in darkness and gloom ⁱ—

prisoners in cruel chains ^j—

¹¹because they rebelled against God’s commands

and despised the counsel of the Most High. ^k

¹²He broke their spirits ^lwith hard labor;

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

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

He saved them from their distress. ⁿ

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and gloom ^o

and broke their chains apart. ^p

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the Lord

for His faithful love

and His wonderful works for all humanity. ^q

¹⁶For He has broken down the bronze gates

and cut through the iron bars. ^r

¹⁷Fools suffered affliction

because of their rebellious ways and their sins. ^s

¹⁸They loathed all food

and came near the gates of death. ^t

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

He saved them from their distress. ^u

²⁰He sent His word and healed them;

He rescued them from the Pit. ^v

²¹Let them give thanks to the Lord

for His faithful love

and His wonderful works for all humanity. ^w

²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving

and announce His works with shouts of joy. ^x

²³Others ^ywent to sea in ships,

conducting trade on the vast waters. ^z

²⁴They saw the Lord’s works,

His wonderful works in the deep. ^a

²⁵He spoke and raised a tempest

that stirred up the waves of the sea. ^bc

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

their courage ^dmelting away in anguish, ^e

²⁷they reeled and staggered like drunken men,

and all their skill was useless. ^f

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

and He brought them out of their distress. ^g

²⁹He stilled the storm to a murmur,

and the waves of the sea ^hwere hushed. ⁱ

³⁰They rejoiced when the waves ^jgrew quiet.

Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for. ^k

³¹Let them give thanks to the Lord

for His faithful love

and His wonderful works for all humanity. ^l

³²Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people

and praise Him in the council of the elders. ^m

³³He turns rivers into desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground, ⁿ

³⁴and fruitful land into salty wasteland,

because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. ^o

³⁵He turns a desert into a pool of water,

dry land into springs of water. ^p

³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there,

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

³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest. ^r

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

He does not let their livestock decrease. ^t

³⁹When they are diminished and are humbled

by cruel oppression and sorrow, ^u

⁴⁰He pours contempt on nobles ^v

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. ^w

⁴¹But He lifts the needy out of their suffering ^x

and makes their families multiply like flocks. ^y

⁴²The upright see it and rejoice, ^z

and all injustice shuts its mouth. ^a

⁴³Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things

and consider ^bthe Lord’s acts of faithful love. ^c