Psalm 106:1–18

¹Praise the Lord.

Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good.

His faithful love continues forever.

²Who can speak enough about the mighty acts of the Lord?

Who can praise him as much as he should be praised?

³Blessed are those who always do what is fair.

Blessed are those who keep doing what is right.

⁴Lord, remember me when you show favor to your people.

Help me when you save them.

⁵Then I will enjoy the good things you give your chosen ones.

I will be joyful together with your people.

I will join them when they praise you.

⁶We have sinned, just as our people of long ago did.

We too have done what is evil and wrong.

⁷When our people were in Egypt,

they forgot about the Lord’s miracles.

They didn’t remember his many kind acts.

At the Red Sea they refused to obey him.

⁸But he saved them for the honor of his name.

He did it to make his mighty power known.

⁹He ordered the Red Sea to dry up, and it did.

He led his people through it as if it were a desert.

¹⁰He saved them from the power of their enemies.

He set them free from their control.

¹¹The waters covered their enemies.

Not one of them escaped alive.

¹²Then his people believed his promises

and sang praise to him.

¹³But they soon forgot what he had done.

They didn’t wait for his advice.

¹⁴In the desert they longed for food.

In that dry and empty land they put God to the test.

¹⁵So he gave them what they asked for.

But he also sent a sickness that killed many of them.

¹⁶In their camp some of them became jealous of Moses.

They were also jealous of Aaron. He had been set apart to serve the Lord.

¹⁷The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan.

It buried Abiram and his followers.

¹⁸Fire blazed among all of them.

Flames destroyed those evil people.