106 Praise Jah!
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good;+
His loyal love endures forever.+
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.
6 We have sinned just as our forefathers did;+
We have done wrong; we have acted wickedly.+
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.+
8 But he saved them for the sake of his name,+
To make his mightiness known.+
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.+
11 The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them survived.+
12 Then they had faith in his promise;+
They began to sing his praise.+
13 But they quickly forgot what he did;+
They did not wait for his counsel.
14 They gave way to their selfish desires in the wilderness;+
They tested God in the desert.+
15 He gave them what they requested,
But then struck them with disease that made them waste away.+
16 In the camp they grew jealous of Moses
And of Aaron,+ the holy one of Jehovah.+
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.+
24 Then they despised the desirable land;+
They had no faith in his promise.+
25 They kept grumbling in their tents;+
They did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.+
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.+
28 Then they joined in worship of Baʹal of Peʹor,+
And they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29 They provoked Him by their actions,+
And a scourge broke out among them.+
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.+
32 They provoked Him at the waters of Merʹi·bah,
And it went badly for Moses because of them.+
33 They embittered his spirit,
And he spoke rashly with his lips.+
34 They did not annihilate the peoples,+
As Jehovah had commanded them.+
35 But they mingled with the nations+
And adopted their ways.+
36 They kept serving their idols,+
And these became a snare to them.+
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.+
44 But he would see their distress+
And hear their cry for help.+
45 For their sake he would remember his covenant,
And he would feel pity, moved by his great loyal love.+
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 exult in praising you.+
48 May Jehovah, the God of Israel, be praised
Throughout all eternity.+
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise Jah!