Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth forever.
106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,
Or show forth all his praise?
106:3Blessed are they that keep justice,
And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
106:4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people;
Oh visit me with thy salvation,
106:5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,
That I may glory with thine inheritance.
106:6We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses,
But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
That he might make his mighty power to be known.
106:9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:
So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
106:11And the waters covered their adversaries;
There was not one of them left.
106:12Then believed they his words;
They sang his praise.
106:13They soon forgat his works;
They waited not for his counsel,
106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.
106:15And he gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.
106:16They envied Moses also in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of Jehovah.
106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And covered the company of Abiram.
106:18And a fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
106:19They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshipped a molten image.
106:20Thus they changed their glory
For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
106:21They forgat God their Saviour,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
And terrible things by the Red Sea.
106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
They believed not his word,
106:25But murmured in their tents,
And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
106:26Therefore he sware unto them,
That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
106:27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
And scatter them in the lands.
106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;
And the plague brake in upon them.
106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;
And so the plague was stayed.
106:31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,
Unto all generations for evermore.
106:32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
106:33Because they were rebellious against his spirit,
And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
106:34They did not destroy the peoples,
As Jehovah commanded them,
106:35But mingled themselves with the nations,
And learned their works,
106:36And served their idols,
Which became a snare unto them.
106:37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
106:38And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.
106:39Thus were they defiled with their works,
And played the harlot in their doings.
106:40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,
And he abhorred his inheritance.
106:41And he gave them into the hand of the nations;
And they that hated them ruled over them.
106:42Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
106:43Many times did he deliver them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And were brought low in their iniquity.
106:44Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
When he heard their cry:
106:45And he remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
106:46He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them captive.
106:47Save us, O Jehovah our God,
And gather us from among the nations,
To give thanks unto thy holy name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
106:48Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, Amen.
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