Psalm 106:1–18

¹Praise the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever.

²Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord?

Who can ever praise him enough?

³There is joy for those who deal justly with others

and always do what is right.

⁴Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people;

come near and rescue me.

⁵Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.

Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;

let me praise you with those who are your heritage.

⁶Like our ancestors, we have sinned.

We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!

⁷Our ancestors in Egypt

were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds.

They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.

Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.

⁸Even so, he saved them—

to defend the honor of his name

and to demonstrate his mighty power.

⁹He commanded the Red Sea to dry up.

He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.

¹⁰So he rescued them from their enemies

and redeemed them from their foes.

¹¹Then the water returned and covered their enemies;

not one of them survived.

¹²Then his people believed his promises.

Then they sang his praise.

¹³Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done!

They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!

¹⁴In the wilderness their desires ran wild,

testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.

¹⁵So he gave them what they asked for,

but he sent a plague along with it.

¹⁶The people in the camp were jealous of Moses

and envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.

¹⁷Because of this, the earth opened up;

it swallowed Dathan

and buried Abiram and the other rebels.

¹⁸Fire fell upon their followers;

a flame consumed the wicked.