Psalm 106–107

PSALM 106

¹Praise the Lord!

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures for ever!

²Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord,

or show forth all his praise?

³Blessed are they who observe justice,

who do righteousness at all times!

⁴Remember me, O Lord, when thou showest favor to thy people;

help me when thou deliverest them;

⁵that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones,

that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,

that I may glory with thy heritage.

⁶Both we and our fathers have sinned;

we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

⁷Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,

did not consider thy wonderful works;

they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love,

but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

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

that he might make known his mighty power.

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry;

and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

¹⁰So he saved them from the hand of the foe,

and delivered them from the power of the enemy.

¹¹And the waters covered their adversaries;

not one of them was left.

¹²Then they believed his words;

they sang his praise.

¹³But they soon forgot his works;

they did not wait for his counsel.

¹⁴But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,

and put God to the test in the desert;

¹⁵he gave them what they asked,

but sent a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶When men in the camp were jealous of Moses

and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

¹⁷the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸Fire also broke out in their company;

the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb

and worshiped a molten image.

²⁰They exchanged the glory of God

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

²¹They forgot God, their Savior,

who had done great things in Egypt,

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham,

and terrible things by the Red Sea.

²³Therefore he said he would destroy them—

had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach before him,

to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they despised the pleasant land,

having no faith in his promise.

²⁵They murmured in their tents,

and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

²⁶Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

²⁷and would disperse their descendants among the nations,

scattering them over the lands.

²⁸Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

²⁹they provoked the Lord to anger with their doings,

and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,

and the plague was stayed.

³¹And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness

from generation to generation for ever.

³²They angered him at the waters of Meribah,

and it went ill with Moses on their account;

³³for they made his spirit bitter,

and he spoke words that were rash.

³⁴They did not destroy the peoples,

as the Lord commanded them,

³⁵but they mingled with the nations

and learned to do as they did.

³⁶They served their idols,

which became a snare to them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to the demons;

³⁸they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

and the land was polluted with blood.

³⁹Thus they became unclean by their acts,

and played the harlot in their doings.

⁴⁰Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,

and he abhorred his heritage;

⁴¹he gave them into the hand of the nations,

so that those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were brought into subjection under their power.

⁴³Many times he delivered them,

but they were rebellious in their purposes,

and were brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded their distress,

when he heard their cry.

⁴⁵He remembered for their sake his covenant,

and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

⁴⁶He caused them to be pitied

by all those who held them captive.

⁴⁷Save us, O Lord our God,

and gather us from among the nations,

that we may give thanks to thy holy name

and glory in thy praise.

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the Lord!

THE PSALMS: BOOK 5

PSALM 107

¹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures for ever!

²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he has redeemed from trouble

³and gathered in from the lands,

from the east and from the west,

from the north and from the south.

⁴Some wandered in desert wastes,

finding no way to a city to dwell in;

⁵hungry and thirsty,

their soul fainted within them.

⁶Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress;

⁷he led them by a straight way,

till they reached a city to dwell in.

⁸Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

⁹For he satisfies him who is thirsty,

and the hungry he fills with good things.

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in gloom,

prisoners in affliction and in irons,

¹¹for they had rebelled against the words of God,

and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

¹²Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor;

they fell down, with none to help.

¹³Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress;

¹⁴he brought them out of darkness and gloom,

and broke their bonds asunder.

¹⁵Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

¹⁶For he shatters the doors of bronze,

and cuts in two the bars of iron.

¹⁷Some were sick through their sinful ways,

and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

¹⁸they loathed any kind of food,

and they drew near to the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress;

²⁰he sent forth his word, and healed them,

and delivered them from destruction.

²¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

²²And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

²³Some went down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the great waters;

²⁴they saw the deeds of the Lord,

his wondrous works in the deep.

²⁵For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind,

which lifted up the waves of the sea.

²⁶They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths;

their courage melted away in their evil plight;

²⁷they reeled and staggered like drunken men,

and were at their wits’ end.

²⁸Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress;

²⁹he made the storm be still,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰Then they were glad because they had quiet,

and he brought them to their desired haven.

³¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

³²Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into a desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground,

³⁴a fruitful land into a salty waste,

because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water,

a parched land into springs of water.

³⁶And there he lets the hungry dwell,

and they establish a city to live in;

³⁷they sow fields, and plant vineyards,

and get a fruitful yield.

³⁸By his blessing they multiply greatly;

and he does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹When they are diminished and brought low

through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

⁴⁰he pours contempt upon princes

and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

⁴¹but he raises up the needy out of affliction,

and makes their families like flocks.

⁴²The upright see it and are glad;

and all wickedness stops its mouth.

⁴³Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things;

let men consider the steadfast love of the Lord.