Psalm 106-107

New American Standard Bible

⁴ Remember me, Lord, in Your ^(F)favor ^[e]toward Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation,
⁵ So that I may see the ^(G)prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may ^(H)rejoice in the joy of Your nation,
That I may ^(I)boast with Your ^[f]inheritance.

^6 (J)We have sinned ^[g](K)like our fathers,
We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your ^[h]wonders;
They ^(L)did not remember ^[i]Your abundant kindnesses,
But ^(M)rebelled by the sea, at the ^[j]Red Sea.
⁸ Nevertheless He saved them ^(N)for the sake of His name,
So that He might ^(O)make His power known.
⁹ So He ^(P)rebuked the ^[k]Red Sea and it ^(Q)dried up,
And He ^(R)led them through the mighty waters, as through the wilderness.
¹⁰ So He ^(S)saved them from the ^[l]hand of one who hated them,
And ^(T)redeemed them from the ^[m]hand of the enemy.
^11 (U)The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
¹² Then they ^(V)believed His words;
They ^(W)sang His praise.

¹³ They quickly ^(X)forgot His works;
They ^(Y)did not wait for His plan,
¹⁴ But ^(Z)became lustfully greedy in the wilderness,
And ^(AA)put God to the test in the desert.
¹⁵ So He ^(AB)gave them their request,
But ^(AC)sent a ^[n]wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When they became ^(AD)envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
¹⁷ The ^(AE)earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the ^[o]company of Abiram.
¹⁸ And a ^(AF)fire blazed up in their ^[p]company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(AG)made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped a cast metal image.
²⁰ So they ^(AH)exchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(AI)forgot God their Savior,
Who had done ^(AJ)great things in Egypt,
^22 [q](AK)Wonders in the land of Ham,
And awesome things by the ^[r]Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(AL)He said that He would destroy them,
If ^(AM)Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
²⁴ Then they ^(AN)rejected the ^(AO)pleasant land;
They ^(AP)did not believe His word,
²⁵ But ^(AQ)grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore He ^[s](AR)swore to them
That He would have them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ And that He would ^(AS)bring down their ^[t]descendants among the nations,
And ^(AT)scatter them in the lands.

²⁸ They also ^(AU)followed ^[u]Baal-peor,
And ate ^(AV)sacrifices offered to the dead.
²⁹ So they ^(AW)provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas ^(AX)stood up and ^[v]intervened,
And so the ^(AY)plague was brought to a halt.
³¹ And it was ^(AZ)credited to him as righteousness,
To all generations forever.

³² They also ^(BA)provoked Him to wrath at the waters of ^[w]Meribah,
So that it ^(BB)went badly for Moses on their account.
³³ Because they ^(BC)were rebellious against ^[x]His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They ^(BD)did not destroy the peoples,
As ^(BE)the Lord had commanded them,
³⁵ But ^(BF)they got involved with the nations
And learned their ^[y]practices,
³⁶ And ^(BG)served their idols,
^(BH)Which became a snare to them.
³⁷ They even ^(BI)sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the ^(BJ)demons,
³⁸ And shed ^(BK)innocent blood,
The blood of their ^(BL)sons and their daughters
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was ^(BM)defiled with the blood.
³⁹ So they became ^(BN)unclean in their ^[z]practices,
And ^[aa](BO)were unfaithful in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore the ^(BP)anger of the Lord was kindled against His people,
And He ^(BQ)loathed His ^[ab](BR)inheritance.
⁴¹ So ^(BS)He handed them over to the ^[ac]nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies also ^(BT)oppressed them,
And they were subdued under their ^[ad]power.
⁴³ Many times He would ^(BU)rescue them;
They, however, were rebellious in their ^(BV)plan,
And they ^(BW)sank down into their guilt.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless He looked at their distress
When He ^(BX)heard their cry;
⁴⁵ And He ^(BY)remembered His covenant for their sake,
And ^[ae](BZ)relented ^(CA)according to the greatness of His mercy.
⁴⁶ He also made them ^(CB)objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

^47 (CC)Save us, Lord our God,
And ^(CD)gather us from the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And ^(CE)glory in Your praise.
^48 (CF)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
And all the people shall say, “Amen.”
^[af]Praise ^[ag]the Lord!

⁴ They ^(CL)wandered in the wilderness in a ^[ai]desert region;
They did not find a way to ^[aj]an inhabited ^(CM)city.
⁵ They were hungry ^[ak]and thirsty;
Their ^(CN)souls felt weak within them.
⁶ Then they ^(CO)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
⁷ He also had them walk on a ^[al](CP)straight way,
To go to ^[am](CQ)an inhabited city.
^8 (CR)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[an]wonders to the sons of mankind!
⁹ For He has ^(CS)satisfied the ^[ao]thirsty soul,
And He has filled the ^(CT)hungry soul with what is good.

¹⁰ There were those who ^(CU)lived in darkness and in ^[ap]the shadow of death,
^(CV)Prisoners in misery and ^[aq]chains,
¹¹ Because they had ^(CW)rebelled against the words of God
And ^(CX)rejected the ^(CY)plan of the Most High.
¹² Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was ^(CZ)no one to help.
¹³ Then they ^(DA)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
¹⁴ He ^(DB)brought them out of darkness and ^[ar]the shadow of death
And ^(DC)broke their bands apart.
^15 (DD)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[as]wonders to the sons of mankind!
¹⁶ For He has ^(DE)shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.

¹⁷ Fools, because of ^[at]their rebellious way,
And ^(DF)because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
¹⁸ Their ^(DG)souls loathed all kinds of food,
And they ^(DH)came close to the ^(DI)gates of death.
¹⁹ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
²⁰ He ^(DJ)sent His word and ^(DK)healed them,
And ^(DL)saved them from their ^[au]destruction.
^21 (DM)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[av]wonders to the sons of mankind!
²² They shall also offer ^(DN)sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And ^(DO)tell of His works with joyful singing.

²³ Those who ^(DP)go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
²⁴ They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His ^[aw]wonders in the deep.
²⁵ For He ^(DQ)spoke and raised a ^(DR)stormy wind,
Which ^(DS)lifted the waves ^[ax]of the sea.
²⁶ They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul ^(DT)melted away in their misery.
²⁷ They reeled and ^(DU)staggered like a drunken person,
And ^[ay]were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
²⁹ He ^(DV)caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves ^[az]of the sea were hushed.
³⁰ Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired harbor.
^31 (DW)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[ba](DX)wonders to the sons of mankind!
³² They shall also ^(DY)exalt Him ^(DZ)in the congregation of the people,
And ^(EA)praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³ He ^(EB)turns rivers into a ^[bb]wilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
³⁴ And a ^(EC)fruitful land into a ^(ED)salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
³⁵ He ^(EE)turns a ^[bc]wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into springs of water;
³⁶ And He has the hungry live there,
So that they may establish ^[bd](EF)an inhabited city,
³⁷ And sow fields and ^(EG)plant vineyards,
And ^[be]gather a fruitful harvest.
³⁸ He also blesses them and they ^(EH)multiply greatly,
And He ^(EI)does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹ When they ^(EJ)become few and ^(EK)lowly
Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,
⁴⁰ He ^(EL)pours contempt upon noblemen
And ^(EM)makes them wander ^(EN)in a pathless wasteland.
⁴¹ But He ^(EO)sets the needy ^[bf]securely on high, away from affliction,
And ^(EP)makes his families like a flock.
⁴² The ^(EQ)upright see it and are glad;
But all ^(ER)injustice shuts its mouth.
⁴³ Who is ^(ES)wise? He is to pay attention to these things,
And consider the ^(ET)mercy of the Lord.