Psalm 106

Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins

1 Praise 1the Lord!

aOh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.

2 Who can 2utter the mighty acts of the Lord?

Who can declare all His praise?

3 Blessed are those who keep justice,

And 3he who bdoes righteousness at call times!

4 dRemember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.

Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,

That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,

That I may glory with 4Your inheritance.

6 eWe have sinned with our fathers,

We have committed iniquity,

We have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;

They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,

fBut rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,

gThat He might make His mighty power known.

9 hHe rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;

So iHe led them through the depths,

As through the wilderness.

10 He jsaved them from the hand of him who hated them,

And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 kThe waters covered their enemies;

There was not one of them left.

12 lThen they believed His words;

They sang His praise.

13 mThey soon forgot His works;

They did not wait for His counsel,

14 nBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

And tested God in the desert.

15 oAnd He gave them their request,

But psent leanness into their soul.

16 When qthey envied Moses in the camp,

And Aaron the saint of the Lord,

17 rThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,

And covered the faction of Abiram.

18 sA fire was kindled in their company;

The flame burned up the wicked.

19 tThey made a calf in Horeb,

And worshiped the molded image.

20 Thus uthey changed their glory

Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They forgot God their Savior,

Who had done great things in Egypt,

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,

Awesome things by the Red Sea.

23 vTherefore He said that He would destroy them,

Had not Moses His chosen one wstood before Him in the breach,

To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

24 Then they despised xthe pleasant land;

They ydid not believe His word,

25 zBut complained in their tents,

And did not heed the voice of the Lord.

26 aTherefore He raised up His hand in an oath against them,

bTo 5overthrow them in the wilderness,

27 cTo 6overthrow their descendants among the 7nations,

And to scatter them in the lands.

28 dThey joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,

And ate sacrifices 8made to the dead.

29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,

And the plague broke out among them.

30 eThen Phinehas stood up and intervened,

And the plague was stopped.

31 And that was accounted to him ffor righteousness

To all generations forevermore.

32 gThey angered Him also at the waters of 9strife,

hSo that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

33 iBecause they rebelled against His Spirit,

So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

34 jThey did not destroy the peoples,

kConcerning whom the Lord had commanded them,

35 lBut they mingled with the Gentiles

And learned their works;

36 mThey served their idols,

nWhich became a snare to them.

37 oThey even sacrificed their sons

And their daughters to pdemons,

38 And shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And qthe land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus they 1were rdefiled by their own works,

And splayed 2the harlot by their own deeds.

40 Therefore tthe wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,

So that He abhorred uHis own inheritance.

41 And vHe gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,

And those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies also oppressed them,

And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43 wMany times He delivered them;

But they rebelled in their counsel,

And were brought low for their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,

When xHe heard their cry;

45 yAnd for their sake He remembered His covenant,

And zrelented aaccording to the multitude of His mercies.

46 bHe also made them to be pitied

By all those who carried them away captive.

47 cSave us, O Lord our God,

And gather us from among the Gentiles,

To give thanks to Your holy name,

To triumph in Your praise.

48 dBlessed be the Lord God of Israel

From everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

3Praise the Lord!

Book Five: Psalms 107–150

Psalm 107

Thanksgiving to the Lord For His Great Works of Deliverance

1 Oh, agive thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His 1mercy endures forever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

3 And bgathered out of the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the south.

4 They wandered in cthe wilderness in a desolate way;

They found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty,

Their soul fainted in them.

6 dThen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He delivered them out of their distresses.

7 And He led them forth by the eright way,

That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.

8 fOh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For gHe satisfies the longing soul,

And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Those who hsat in darkness and in the shadow of death,

iBound 2in affliction and irons—

11 Because they jrebelled against the words of God,

And 3despised kthe counsel of the Most High,

12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;

They fell down, and there was lnone to help.

13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He saved them out of their distresses.

14 mHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,

And broke their chains in pieces.

15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

16 For He has nbroken the gates of bronze,

And cut the bars of iron in two.

17 Fools, obecause of their transgression,

And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

18 pTheir soul abhorred all manner of food,

And they qdrew near to the gates of death.

19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He saved them out of their distresses.

20 rHe sent His word and shealed them,

And tdelivered them from their destructions.

21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

22 uLet them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,

And vdeclare His works with 4rejoicing.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,

Who do business on great waters,

24 They see the works of the Lord,

And His wonders in the deep.

25 For He commands and wraises the stormy wind,

Which lifts up the waves of the sea.

26 They mount up to the heavens,

They go down again to the depths;

xTheir soul melts because of trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,

And 5are at their wits’ end.

28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He brings them out of their distresses.

29 yHe calms the storm,

So that its waves are still.

30 Then they are glad because they are quiet;

So He guides them to their desired haven.

31 zOh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

32 Let them exalt Him also ain the assembly of the people,

And praise Him in the company of the elders.

33 He bturns rivers into a wilderness,

And the watersprings into dry ground;

34 A cfruitful land into 6barrenness,

For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

35 dHe turns a wilderness into pools of water,

And dry land into watersprings.

36 There He makes the hungry dwell,

That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,

37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,

That they may yield a fruitful harvest.

38 eHe also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;

And He does not let their cattle fdecrease.

39 When they are gdiminished and brought low

Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,

40 hHe pours contempt on princes,

And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

41 iYet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,

And jmakes their families like a flock.

42 kThe righteous see it and rejoice,

And all liniquity stops its mouth.

43 mWhoever is wise will observe these things,

And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.