Psa 106 | NASB2020 | STEP | Praise the Lord ! Oh give thanks to the Lord , for He is good ; For His mercy is everlasting .

‏ Psalms 106

Israel’s Rebelliousness and the Lord’s Help.

1 ^{▼▼Or Hallelujah!}Praise ^{▼▼Heb Yah}the Lord!
Oh ^cgive thanks to the Lord, for He ^dis good;
For ^eHis mercy is everlasting.
2 Who can speak of the ^fmighty deeds of the Lord,
Or can proclaim all His praise?
3 How blessed are those who maintain ^{▼▼Or judgment}justice,
^{▼▼Many Heb mss The one who performs}Who ⁱpractice righteousness at all times!

4 Remember me, Lord, in Your ^jfavor ^{▼▼Lit of}toward Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation,
5 So that I may see the ^lprosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may ^mrejoice in the joy of Your nation,
That I may ⁿboast with Your ^{▼▼I.e., people}inheritance.

6 ^pWe have sinned ^{▼▼Lit with} ^rlike our fathers,
We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your ^{▼▼I.e., wonderful acts}wonders;
They ^tdid not remember ^{▼▼Lit the multitude of Your kindnesses}Your abundant kindnesses,
But ^vrebelled by the sea, at the ^{▼▼Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless He saved them ^xfor the sake of His name,
So that He might ^ymake His power known.
9 So He ^zrebuked the ^{▼▼Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea and it ^abdried up,
And He ^acled them through the mighty waters, as through the wilderness.
10 So He ^adsaved them from the ^{▼▼Or power}hand of one who hated them,
And ^afredeemed them from the ^{▼▼Or power}hand of the enemy.
11 ^ahThe waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
12 Then they ^aibelieved His words;
They ^ajsang His praise.

13 They quickly ^akforgot His works;
They ^aldid not wait for His plan,
14 But ^ambecame lustfully greedy in the wilderness,
And ^anput God to the test in the desert.
15 So He ^aogave them their request,
But ^apsent a ^{▼▼Or leanness into their soul}wasting disease among them.

16 When they became ^arenvious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17 The ^asearth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the ^{▼▼Or assembly, band}company of Abiram.
18 And a ^aufire blazed up in their ^{▼▼Or assembly, band}company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

19 They ^awmade a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped a cast metal image.
20 So they ^axexchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They ^ayforgot God their Savior,
Who had done ^azgreat things in Egypt,
22 ^{▼▼I.e., Wonderful acts} ^bbWonders in the land of Ham,
And awesome things by the ^{▼▼Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea.
23 Therefore ^bdHe said that He would destroy them,
If ^beMoses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
24 Then they ^bfrejected the ^bgpleasant land;
They ^bhdid not believe His word,
25 But ^bigrumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore He ^{▼▼Lit lifted up His hand} ^bkswore to them
That He would have them fall in the wilderness,
27 And that He would ^blbring down their ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants among the nations,
And ^bnscatter them in the lands.

28 They also ^bofollowed ^{▼▼Or Baal of Peor}Baal-peor,
And ate ^bqsacrifices offered to the dead.
29 So they ^brprovoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas ^bsstood up and ^{▼▼Or pronounced judgment}intervened,
And so the ^buplague was brought to a halt.
31 And it was ^bvcredited to him as righteousness,
To all generations forever.

32 They also ^bwprovoked Him to wrath at the waters of ^{▼▼Lit strife}Meribah,
So that it ^bywent badly for Moses on their account.
33 Because they ^bzwere rebellious against ^{▼▼Or his spirit}His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

34 They ^cbdid not destroy the peoples,
As ^ccthe Lord had commanded them,
35 But ^cdthey got involved with the nations
And learned their ^{▼▼Lit works}practices,
36 And ^cfserved their idols,
^cgWhich became a snare to them.
37 They even ^chsacrificed their sons and their daughters to the ^cidemons,
38 And shed ^cjinnocent blood,
The blood of their ^cksons and their daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was ^cldefiled with the blood.
39 So they became ^cmunclean in their ^{▼▼Lit works}practices,
And ^{▼▼Or prostituted themselves} ^cpwere unfaithful in their deeds.

40 Therefore the ^cqanger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He ^crloathed His ^{▼▼I.e., people} ^ctinheritance.
41 So ^cuHe handed them over to the ^{▼▼Or Gentiles}nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also ^cwoppressed them,
And they were subdued under their ^{▼▼Lit hand}power.
43 Many times He would ^cyrescue them;
They, however, were rebellious in their ^czplan,
And they ^dasank down into their guilt.

44 Nevertheless He looked at their distress
When He ^dbheard their cry;
45 And He ^dcremembered His covenant for their sake,
And ^{▼▼Lit was sorry} ^derelented ^dfaccording to the greatness of His mercy.
46 He also made them ^dgobjects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

47 ^dhSave us, Lord our God,
And ^digather us from the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And ^djglory in Your praise.
^dkBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
And all the people shall say, “Amen.”
^{▼▼Or Hallelujah!}Praise ^{▼▼Heb Yah}the Lord! 48

‏ Psalms 106

Israel’s Rebelliousness and the Lord’s Help.

BOOK 5