Psalm 106:6–27

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