Psalm 106:36–46

³⁶They worshiped statues of their gods.

That became a trap for them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sons and daughters

as offerings to demons.

³⁸They killed those who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong.

They killed their own sons and daughters.

They sacrificed them as offerings to statues of the gods of Canaan.

The land became “unclean” because of the blood of their children.

³⁹The people polluted themselves by what they had done.

They weren’t faithful to the Lord.

⁴⁰So the Lord became angry with his people.

He turned away from his own children.

⁴¹He handed them over to the nations.

Their enemies ruled over them.

⁴²They beat them down

and kept them under their power.

⁴³Many times the Lord saved them.

But they refused to obey him.

So he destroyed them because of their sins.

⁴⁴But he heard them when they cried out.

He paid special attention to their suffering.

⁴⁵Because they were his people, he remembered his covenant.

Because of his great love, he felt sorry for them.

⁴⁶He made all those who held them as prisoners

show concern for them.