Psalm 106:6–27

⁶We have sinned,^b even as our ancestors^c did;

we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^d

⁷When our ancestors were in Egypt,

they gave no thought^e to your miracles;

they did not remember^f your many kindnesses,

and they rebelled by the sea,^g the Red Sea.^b

⁸Yet he saved them^h for his name’s sake,ⁱ

to make his mighty power^j known.

⁹He rebuked^k the Red Sea, and it dried up;^l

he led them through^m the depths as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved themⁿ from the hand of the foe;^o

from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^p

¹¹The waters covered^q their adversaries;

not one of them survived.

¹²Then they believed his promises

and sang his praise.^r

¹³But they soon forgot^s what he had done

and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^t

¹⁴In the desert^u they gave in to their craving;

in the wilderness^v they put God to the test.^w

¹⁵So he gave them^x what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease^y among them.

¹⁶In the camp they grew envious^z of Moses

and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.

¹⁷The earth opened^a up and swallowed Dathan;^b

it buried the company of Abiram.^c

¹⁸Fire blazed^d among their followers;

a flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹At Horeb they made a calf^e

and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

²⁰They exchanged their glorious God^f

for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

²¹They forgot the God^g who saved them,

who had done great things^h in Egypt,

²²miracles in the land of Hamⁱ

and awesome deeds^j by the Red Sea.

²³So he said he would destroy^k them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach^l before him

to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they despised^m the pleasant land;ⁿ

they did not believe^o his promise.

²⁵They grumbled^p in their tents

and did not obey the Lord.

²⁶So he swore^q to them with uplifted hand

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^r

²⁷make their descendants fall among the nations

and scatter^s them throughout the lands.