| 1 | Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy
and
loving-kindness endure forever! |
| 2 | Who can put into words
and
tell the mighty deeds of the Lord?
Or
who can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]? |
| 3 | Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice [treating others fairly]
and
who do right
and
are in right standing with God at all times. |
| 4 | [Earnestly] remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people! O visit me also when You deliver them,
and
grant me Your salvation!— |
| 5 | That I may see
and
share the welfare of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your heritage. |
| 6 | We have sinned, as did also our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. |
| 7 | Our fathers in Egypt understood not nor appreciated Your miracles; they did not [earnestly] remember the multitude of Your mercies nor imprint Your loving-kindness [on their hearts], but they were rebellious
and
provoked the Lord at the sea, even at the Red Sea. |
| 8 | Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake [to prove the righteousness of the divine character], that He might make His mighty power known. |
| 9 | He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; so He led them through the depths as through a pastureland. |
| 10 | And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy. |
| 11 | And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. |
| 12 | Then [Israel] believed His words [trusting in, relying on them]; they sang His praise. |
| 13 | But they hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnestly] wait for His plans [to develop] regarding them, |
| 14 | But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted
and
tried to restrain God [with their insistent desires] in the desert. |
| 15 | And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls
and
[thinned their numbers by] disease and death. |
| 16 | They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the Lord. |
| 17 | Therefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and closed over the company of Abiram. |
| 18 | And a fire broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
| 19 | They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image. |
| 20 | Thus they exchanged Him Who was their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass [they traded their Honor for the image of a calf]! |
| 21 | They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt, |
| 22 | Wonders
and
miracles in the land of Ham, dreadful
and
awesome things at the Red Sea. |
| 23 | Therefore He said He would destroy them. [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the breach before Him to turn away His threatening wrath. |
| 24 | Then they spurned
and
despised the pleasant
and
desirable land [Canaan]; they believed not His word [neither trusting in, relying on, nor holding to it]; |
| 25 | But they murmured in their tents
and
hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. |
| 26 | Therefore He lifted up His hand [as if taking an oath] against them, that He would cause them to fall in the wilderness, |
| 27 | Cast out their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in the lands [of the earth]. |
| 28 | They joined themselves also to the [idol] Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices [offered] to the lifeless [gods]. |
| 29 | Thus they provoked the Lord to anger with their practices, and a plague broke out among them. |
| 30 | Then stood up Phinehas [the priest] and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. |
| 31 | And that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever. |
| 32 | They angered the Lord also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; |
| 33 | For they provoked [Moses’] spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. |
| 34 | They did not destroy the [heathen] nations as the Lord commanded them, |
| 35 | But mingled themselves with the [idolatrous] nations and learned their ways
and
works |
| 36 | And served their idols, which were a snare to them. |
| 37 | Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons |
| 38 | And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood. |
| 39 | Thus were they defiled by their own works, and they played the harlot
and
practiced idolatry with their own deeds [of idolatrous rites]. |
| 40 | Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred
and
rejected His own heritage. |
| 41 | And He gave them into the hands of the [heathen] nations, and they that hated them ruled over them. |
| 42 | Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under the hand of their foes. |
| 43 | Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. |
| 44 | Nevertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry; |
| 45 | And He [earnestly] remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil [comforting and easing Himself] according to the abundance of His mercy
and
loving-kindness [when they cried out to Him]. |
| 46 | He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive. |
| 47 | Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and
glory in praising You. |
| 48 | Blessed (affectionately and gratefully praised) be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) |
Cross references:
-
Psalm 106:1 : I Chron. 16:34.
-
Psalm 106:6 : Lev. 26:40-42.
-
Psalm 106:7 : Exod. 14:21.
-
Psalm 106:9 : Exod. 14:21.
-
Psalm 106:10 : Exod. 14:30.
-
Psalm 106:11 : Exod. 14:27, 28; 15:5.
-
Psalm 106:14 : Num. 11:4.
-
Psalm 106:15 : Ps. 78:29-31.
-
Psalm 106:16 : Num. 16:1-32.
-
Psalm 106:17 : Num. 16:31, 32.
-
Psalm 106:18 : Num. 16:35, 46.
-
Psalm 106:19 : Exod. 32:4.
-
Psalm 106:23 : Exod. 32:10, 11, 32.
-
Psalm 106:30 : Num. 25:7, 8.
-
Psalm 106:32 : Num. 20:3-13.
-
Psalm 106:37 : II Kings 16:3.
-
Psalm 106:40 : Deut. 32:17.
-
Psalm 106:48 : I Chron. 16:35, 36.
|