Psalms
106 Praise Jah!*
2 Who can fully declare Jehovah’s mighty acts
Or proclaim all his praiseworthy deeds?+
3 Happy are those who act with justice,
Who always do what is right.+
4 Remember me, O Jehovah, when you show favor* toward your people.+
Take care of me with your acts of salvation,
5 So that I may enjoy the goodness you show your chosen ones,+
That I may rejoice along with your nation,
That I may proudly praise* you along with your inheritance.
7 Our forefathers in Egypt did not appreciate* your wonderful works.
They did not remember your abundant loyal love,
But they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.+
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
He led them through its depths as through a desert;*+
10 He saved them from the hand of their foe+
And reclaimed them from the hand of the enemy.+
13 But they quickly forgot what he did;+
They did not wait for his counsel.
17 The earth then opened up and swallowed Daʹthan
And covered those assembled with A·biʹram.+
18 A fire blazed among their group;
A flame consumed the wicked.+
19 They made a calf in Horʹeb
And bowed down to a statue of metal;*+
20 They exchanged my glory
For the representation of a grass-eating bull.+
21 They forgot God+ their Savior,
Who did great things in Egypt,+
22 Wonderful works in the land of Ham,+
Awe-inspiring deeds at the Red Sea.+
23 He was about to order their annihilation,
But Moses his chosen one interceded with him*
To avert his destructive anger.+
26 So he raised his hand in an oath concerning them
That he would make them fall in the wilderness;+
27 He would make their descendants fall among the nations,
And he would scatter them throughout the lands.+
30 But when Phinʹe·has stood up and intervened,
The scourge was halted.+
31 And it was counted to him as righteousness
Through all generations forever.+
37 They would sacrifice their sons
And their daughters to demons.+
38 They kept spilling innocent blood,+
The blood of their own sons and daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Caʹnaan;+
And the land was polluted with bloodshed.
39 They became unclean by their works;
They committed spiritual prostitution by their deeds.+
40 So the anger of Jehovah blazed against his people,
And he grew to detest his inheritance.
41 He repeatedly handed them over to the nations,+
So that those who hated them might rule over them.+
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
And they were subject to their power.*
43 Many times he rescued them,+
But they would rebel and disobey,+
And they would be brought low for their error.+
45 For their sake he would remember his covenant,
46 He would cause them to be pitied
By all who held them captive.+
47 Save us, O Jehovah our God,+
And gather us from the nations+
So that we may give thanks to your holy name
And let all the people say, “Amen!”*
Praise Jah!*