Psalm 106:1–18

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.