Psalm 106:1–18

Praise to Yahweh for His Faithfulness in Israel’s History

106Praise Yah.^a Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,

for his loyal love is forever.

²Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh,

or proclaim all his praise?

³Blessed are those who observe justice,

he who does righteousness at all times.

⁴Remember me, O Yahweh, when you show favor to your people.

Look after me when you deliver,

⁵that I may see the good done your chosen ones,

to be glad in the joy of your nation,

to glory together with your inheritance.

⁶We have sinned along with our ancestors.^b

We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt.

⁷Our ancestors^c in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works.

They did not remember your many acts of loyal love,

and so they rebelled by the sea at the Red Sea.^d

⁸Yet he saved them for the sake of his name,

to make known his might.

⁹So he rebuked the Red Sea,^e and it dried up,

and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

¹⁰Thus he saved them from the hand of the hater

and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹But waters covered their adversaries;

not one of them survived.

¹²Then they believed his words;

they sang his praise.

¹³They quickly forgot his works;

they did not wait for his counsel.

¹⁴And they craved intensely^f in the wilderness,

and tested God in the desert.

¹⁵So he gave to them their request,

but he sent leanness into their souls.^g

¹⁶And they were jealous of Moses in the camp,

and of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh.

¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and it covered over the gang of Abiram.

¹⁸Also fire burned in their assembly;

the flame devoured the wicked.