Psalms 106
106Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H1984H3050H3034H3068H2896H2617H57692Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? Who can ever praise him enough?H4448H1369H3068H8085H84163There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.H835H8104H4941H6213H6666H62564Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.H2142H3068H7522H5971H6485H34445Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.H7200H2896H972H8055H8057H1471H1984H51596Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!H2398H1H5753H75617Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.H1H7919H6381H4714H2142H7230H2617H4784H3220H5488H32208Even so, he saved them—to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.H3467H8034H1369H30459He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.H1605H5488H3220H2717H3212H8415H405710So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.H3467H3027H8130H1350H3027H34111Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.H4325H3680H6862H259H349812Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.H539H1697H7891H841613Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!H4116H7911H4639H2442H609814In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.H183H8378H4057H5254H410H345215So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.H5414H7596H7971H7332H531516The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.H7065H4872H4264H175H6918H306817Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.H776H6605H1104H1885H3680H5712H4818Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.H784H1197H5712H3852H3857H756319The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.H6213H5695H2722H7812H454120They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.H4171H3519H8403H7794H398H621221They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—H7911H410H3467H6213H1419H471422such wonderful things in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.H6381H776H2526H3372H5488H322023So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.H559H8045H3884H4872H972H5975H6440H6556H7725H2534H784324The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.H3988H2532H776H539H169725Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.H7279H168H8085H6963H306826Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,H5375H3027H5307H405727that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.H5307H2233H1471H2219H77628Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!H6775H1187H398H2077H419129They angered the Lord with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.H3707H4611H4046H655530But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.H5975H6372H6419H4046H611331So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.H2803H6666H1755H1755H5704H576932At Meribah, too, they angered the Lord, causing Moses serious trouble.H7107H4325H4808H4809H3415H487233They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.H4784H7307H981H819334Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had commanded them.H8045H5971H3068H55935Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.H6148H1471H3925H463936They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.H5647H6091H417037They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.H2076H1121H1323H770038They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.H8210H5355H1818H1818H1121H1323H2076H6091H3667H776H2610H181839They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.H2930H4639H2181H461140That is why the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.H639H3068H2734H5971H8581H515941He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.H5414H3027H1471H8130H491042Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.H341H3905H3665H302743Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.H7227H6471H5337H4784H6098H4355H577144Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.H7200H6862H8085H744045He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.H2142H1285H5162H7230H261746He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.H5414H7356H6440H761747Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.H3467H3068H430H6908H1471H3034H6944H8034H7623H841648Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!H1288H3068H430H3478H5769H5769H5971H559H543H1984H3050
Psalms 107
107Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H3034H3068H2896H2617H57692Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.H1350H3068H559H1350H3027H68623For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.H6908H776H4217H4628H6828H32204Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless.H8582H4057H3452H1870H4672H5892H41865Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died.H7457H6771H5315H58486“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress.H6817H3068H6862H5337H46917He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live.H1869H3477H1870H3212H5892H41868Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.H3034H3068H2617H6381H1121H1209For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.H7646H8264H5315H4390H7457H5315H289610Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery.H3427H2822H6757H615H6040H127011They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High.H4784H561H410H5006H6098H594512That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them.H3665H3820H5999H3782H582613“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.H2199H3068H6862H3467H469114He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains.H3318H2822H6757H5423H4147H542315Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.H3034H3068H2617H6381H1121H12016For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron.H7665H1817H5178H1438H1280H1270H143817Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins.H191H1870H6588H5771H603118They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door.H5315H8581H400H5060H8179H419419“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.H2199H3068H6862H3467H469120He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.H7971H1697H7495H4422H782521Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.H3034H3068H2617H6381H1121H12022Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.H2076H2077H8426H5608H4639H744023Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world.H3381H3220H591H6213H4399H7227H432524They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas.H7200H4639H3068H6381H468825He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves.H559H5975H5591H7307H7311H153026Their ships were tossed to the heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror.H5927H8064H3381H8415H5315H4127H745127They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end.H2287H5128H7910H2451H110428“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.H6817H3068H6862H3318H469129He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves.H6965H5591H1827H1530H281430What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor!H8055H8367H5148H2656H423131Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.H3034H3068H2617H6381H1121H12032Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation.H7311H6951H5971H1984H4186H220533He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.H7760H5104H4057H4325H4161H677434He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.H6529H776H4420H7451H342735But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.H7760H4057H98H4325H6723H776H4325H416136He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their cities.H7457H3427H3559H5892H418637They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops.H2232H7704H5193H3754H6213H6529H839338How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase.H1288H7235H3966H4591H929H459139When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,H4591H7817H6115H7451H301540the Lord pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.H8210H937H5081H8582H8414H187041But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep.H34H7682H6040H7760H4940H662942The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.H3477H7200H8055H5766H7092H631043Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.H2450H8104H995H2617H3068
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