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Psalms 106 : 1 - 48
Chapter 106
1 | Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
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2 | Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?
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3 | Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!
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4 | Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
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5 | That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
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6 | We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.
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7 | Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea--the Red Sea.
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8 | Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known.
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9 | He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.
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10 | He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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11 | The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.
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12 | Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.
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13 | They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,
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14 | But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.
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15 | And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
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16 | When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD,
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17 | The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.
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18 | A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
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19 | They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.
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20 | Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
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21 | They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
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22 | Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.
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23 | Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
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24 | Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,
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25 | But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD.
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26 | Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,
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27 | To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.
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28 | They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
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29 | Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
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30 | Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.
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31 | And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.
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32 | They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
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33 | Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.
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34 | They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them,
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35 | But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;
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36 | They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
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37 | They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,
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38 | And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
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39 | Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.
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40 | Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
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41 | And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.
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42 | Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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43 | Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.
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44 | Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;
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45 | And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
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46 | He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.
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47 | Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.
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48 | Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!
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