PSALM 106 [†]  i Praise the LORD!

 j Oh give thanks to the LORD,  k for he is good,

 l for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD,

or declare all his praise?

3 Blessed are they who observe justice,

who  m do righteousness at all times!

4[†]  n Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people;

help me when you save them, [1]

5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your  o chosen ones,

that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,

that I may glory with your inheritance.

6[^][†]  p Both we and  q our fathers have sinned;

we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7[†] Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,

did not consider your wondrous works;

they  r did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,

but  s rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them  t for his name’s sake,

 u that he might make known his mighty power.

9 He  v rebuked the Red Sea, and it  w became dry,

and he  x led them through the deep as through a desert.

10 So he  y saved them from the hand of the foe

and  z redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11 And  a the waters covered their adversaries;

not one of them was left.

12 Then  b they believed his words;

they  c sang his praise.

13[†] But they soon  d forgot his works;

they did not wait for  e his counsel.

14 But they had  f a wanton craving in the wilderness,

and  g put God to the test in the desert;

15 he  h gave them what they asked,

but sent  i a wasting disease among them.

16[†] When men in the camp  j were jealous of Moses

and Aaron,  k the holy one of the LORD,

17  l the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

and covered the company of Abiram.

18  m Fire also broke out in their company;

the flame burned up the wicked.

19[†] They  n made a calf in Horeb

and worshiped a metal image.

20[†] They  o exchanged the glory of God [2]

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They  p forgot God, their Savior,

who had done great things in Egypt,

22 wondrous works in  q the land of Ham,

and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23 Therefore  r he said he would destroy them—

had not Moses, his  s chosen one,

 t stood in the breach before him,

to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24[†] Then they  u despised  v the pleasant land,

having  w no faith in his promise.

25 They  x murmured in their tents,

and did not obey the voice of the LORD.

26 Therefore he  y raised his hand and swore to them

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27 and would make their offspring fall among the nations,

 z scattering them among the lands.

28[†] Then they  a yoked themselves to the  a Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to  b the dead;

29 they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

30 Then  c Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stayed.

31 And that was  d counted to him as righteousness

from generation to generation forever.

32[†] They  e angered him at the waters of Meribah,

and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33 for they  f made his spirit bitter, [3]

and he  g spoke rashly with his lips.

34[†] They did not  h destroy the peoples,

 i as the LORD commanded them,

35 but they  j mixed with the nations

and learned to do as they did.

36 They served their idols,

which became  k a snare to them.

37 They  l sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to  m the demons;

38 they poured out innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was  n polluted with blood.

39 Thus they  o became unclean by their acts,

and  p played the whore in their deeds.

40 Then  q the anger of the LORD was kindled against  r his people,

and he abhorred his  r heritage;

41 he  s gave them into the hand of the nations,

so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies  t oppressed them,

and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43  u Many times he delivered them,

but they were rebellious in their  v purposes

and were  w brought low through their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,

when he  x heard their cry.

45 For their sake he  y remembered his covenant,

and  z relented according to  a the abundance of his steadfast love.

46 He caused them to be  b pitied

by all those who held them captive.

47[†]  c Save us, O LORD our God,

and  d gather us from among the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name

and glory in your praise.

48[†]  e Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

 e And let all the people say, “Amen!”

 f Praise the LORD!