Psalm 105-106

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⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(K)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He ^(L)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(M)a thousand generations,
^9 (N)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(O)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to ^(P)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ^(Q)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(R)your portion for an inheritance.”

¹² When they were ^(S)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(T)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(U)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(V)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(W)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶ When he ^(X)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(Y)broke all supply^[a] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(Z)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(AA)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(AB)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(AC)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(AD)tested him.
^20 (AE)The king sent and ^(AF)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(AG)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[b] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Then ^(AH)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(AI)sojourned in ^(AJ)the land of Ham.
²⁴ And the Lord ^(AK)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵ He ^(AL)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to ^(AM)deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶ He ^(AN)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, ^(AO)whom he had chosen.
^27 (AP)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in ^(AQ)the land of Ham.
²⁸ He ^(AR)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they ^(AS)did not rebel^[c] against his words.
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood
    and ^(AT)caused their fish to die.
³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in ^(AU)the chambers of their kings.
³¹ He spoke, and there came ^(AV)swarms of flies,
    ^(AW)and gnats throughout their country.
³² He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery ^(AX)lightning bolts through their land.
³³ He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and ^(AY)shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke, and the ^(AZ)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
³⁵ which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶ He ^(BA)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    ^(BB)the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷ Then he brought out Israel with ^(BC)silver and gold,
    and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
^38 (BD)Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for ^(BE)dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹ He ^(BF)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
^40 (BG)They asked, and he ^(BH)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(BI)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹ He opened the rock, and ^(BJ)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(BK)the desert like a river.
⁴² For he ^(BL)remembered his holy promise,
    and ^(BM)Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ So he brought his people out with joy,
    his ^(BN)chosen ones with ^(BO)singing.
⁴⁴ And he ^(BP)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵ that they might ^(BQ)keep his statutes
    and ^(BR)observe his laws.
^(BS)Praise the Lord!

^4 (BY)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[d]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(BZ)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

^6 (CA)Both we and ^(CB)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 ^(CC)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but ^(CD)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸ Yet he saved them ^(CE)for his name's sake,
    ^(CF)that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹ He ^(CG)rebuked the Red Sea, and it ^(CH)became dry,
    and he ^(CI)led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰ So he ^(CJ)saved them from the hand of the foe
    and ^(CK)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹ And ^(CL)the waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹² Then ^(CM)they believed his words;
    they ^(CN)sang his praise.

¹³ But they soon ^(CO)forgot his works;
    they did not wait for ^(CP)his counsel.
¹⁴ But they had ^(CQ)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and ^(CR)put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵ he ^(CS)gave them what they asked,
    but sent ^(CT)a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(CU)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(CV)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (CW)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (CX)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(CY)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(CZ)exchanged the glory of God^[e]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(DA)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(DB)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(DC)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(DD)chosen one,
^(DE)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(DF)despised ^(DG)the pleasant land,
    having ^(DH)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(DI)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(DJ)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,
    ^(DK)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(DL)yoked themselves to the ^(DM)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(DN)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(DO)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(DP)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(DQ)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(DR)made his spirit bitter,^[f]
    and he ^(DS)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(DT)destroy the peoples,
    ^(DU)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(DV)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(DW)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(DX)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(DY)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 ^(DZ)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(EA)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(EB)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(EC)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(ED)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(EE)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(EF)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(EG)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (EH)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(EI)purposes
    and were ^(EJ)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(EK)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(EL)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(EM)relented according to ^(EN)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(EO)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

^47 (EP)Save us, O Lord our God,
    and ^(EQ)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

^48 (ER)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(ES)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(ET)Praise the Lord!