Psalm 106:6–46

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