Psalm 106-109

New International Version

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^(C)
    his love endures forever.^(D)

² Who can proclaim the mighty acts^(E) of the Lord
    or fully declare his praise?
³ Blessed are those who act justly,^(F)
    who always do what is right.^(G)

⁴ Remember me,^(H) Lord, when you show favor^(I) to your people,
    come to my aid^(J) when you save them,
⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity^(K) of your chosen ones,^(L)
    that I may share in the joy^(M) of your nation
    and join your inheritance^(N) in giving praise.

⁶ We have sinned,^(O) even as our ancestors^(P) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(Q)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought^(R) to your miracles;
they did not remember^(S) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,^(T) the Red Sea.^[b]
8 Yet he saved them^(U) for his name’s sake,^(V)
    to make his mighty power^(W) known.
⁹ He rebuked^(X) the Red Sea, and it dried up;^(Y)
    he led them through^(Z) the depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them^(AA) from the hand of the foe;^(AB)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^(AC)
11 The waters covered^(AD) their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
¹² Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.^(AE)

¹³ But they soon forgot^(AF) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^(AG)
14 In the desert^(AH) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(AI) they put God to the test.^(AJ)
15 So he gave them^(AK) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(AL) among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(AM) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(AN) up and swallowed Dathan;^(AO)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(AP)
18 Fire blazed^(AQ) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(AR)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(AS)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(AT) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(AU) in Egypt,
²² miracles in the land of Ham^(AV)
    and awesome deeds^(AW) by the Red Sea.
²³ So he said he would destroy^(AX) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach^(AY) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they despised^(AZ) the pleasant land;^(BA)
    they did not believe^(BB) his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(BC) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
²⁶ So he swore^(BD) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(BE)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(BF) them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(BG)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(BH) by their wicked deeds,^(BI)
    and a plague^(BJ) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(BK) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(BL)
31 This was credited to him^(BM) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(BN) to come.
³² By the waters of Meribah^(BO) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(BP) against the Spirit^(BQ) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[c](BR)

³⁴ They did not destroy^(BS) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded^(BT) them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(BU) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(BV)
    which became a snare^(BW) to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(BX)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(BY)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(BZ) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(CA) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(CB) themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was angry^(CC) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(CD)
41 He gave them into the hands^(CE) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed^(CF) them
    and subjected them to their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,^(CG)
    but they were bent on rebellion^(CH)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
⁴⁴ Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;^(CI)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant^(CJ)
    and out of his great love^(CK) he relented.^(CL)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.^(CM)

⁴⁷ Save us,^(CN) Lord our God,
    and gather us^(CO) from the nations,
that we may give thanks^(CP) to your holy name^(CQ)
    and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^(CR)

Praise the Lord.

² Let the redeemed^(CU) of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
³ those he gathered^(CV) from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.^[d]

⁴ Some wandered in desert^(CW) wastelands,
    finding no way to a city^(CX) where they could settle.
⁵ They were hungry^(CY) and thirsty,^(CZ)
    and their lives ebbed away.
⁶ Then they cried out^(DA) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way^(DB)
    to a city^(DC) where they could settle.
⁸ Let them give thanks^(DD) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(DE)
    and his wonderful deeds^(DF) for mankind,
⁹ for he satisfies^(DG) the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.^(DH)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(DI) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering^(DJ) in iron chains,^(DK)
11 because they rebelled^(DL) against God’s commands
    and despised^(DM) the plans^(DN) of the Most High.
¹² So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(DO)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(DP) from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(DQ) the utter darkness,^(DR)
    and broke away their chains.^(DS)
15 Let them give thanks^(DT) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(DU)
    and his wonderful deeds^(DV) for mankind,
¹⁶ for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some became fools^(DW) through their rebellious ways^(DX)
    and suffered affliction^(DY) because of their iniquities.
¹⁸ They loathed all food^(DZ)
    and drew near the gates of death.^(EA)
19 Then they cried^(EB) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them^(EC) from their distress.
²⁰ He sent out his word^(ED) and healed them;^(EE)
    he rescued^(EF) them from the grave.^(EG)
21 Let them give thanks^(EH) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(EI)
    and his wonderful deeds^(EJ) for mankind.
²² Let them sacrifice thank offerings^(EK)
    and tell of his works^(EL) with songs of joy.^(EM)

²³ Some went out on the sea^(EN) in ships;^(EO)
    they were merchants on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the Lord,^(EP)
    his wonderful deeds in the deep.
²⁵ For he spoke^(EQ) and stirred up a tempest^(ER)
    that lifted high the waves.^(ES)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
    in their peril^(ET) their courage melted^(EU) away.
²⁷ They reeled^(EV) and staggered like drunkards;
    they were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried^(EW) out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out of their distress.^(EX)
29 He stilled the storm^(EY) to a whisper;
    the waves^(EZ) of the sea^[e] were hushed.^(FA)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
    and he guided them^(FB) to their desired haven.
³¹ Let them give thanks^(FC) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(FD)
    and his wonderful deeds^(FE) for mankind.
³² Let them exalt^(FF) him in the assembly^(FG) of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(FH)
    flowing springs^(FI) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(FJ)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(FK)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(FL)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(FM)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(FN)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(FO)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(FP) and they were humbled^(FQ)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(FR)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(FS)
41 But he lifted the needy^(FT) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(FU)
42 The upright see and rejoice,^(FV)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.^(FW)

⁴³ Let the one who is wise^(FX) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds^(FY) of the Lord.

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(GJ)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷ God has spoken^(GK) from his sanctuary:^(GL)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(GM)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(GN)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(GO) is my scepter.
⁹ Moab^(GP) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(GQ) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(GR) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(GS)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(GT)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(GU) our enemies.

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(HD) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(HE)
    and may his prayers condemn^(HF) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(HG)
    may another take his place^(HH) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(HI)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(HJ)
    may they be driven^[g] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(HK) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(HL) the fruits of his labor.^(HM)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(HN) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(HO)
    their names blotted out^(HP) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(HQ) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(HR) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(HS) from the earth.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy^(HT) and the brokenhearted.^(HU)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.^(HV)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(HW) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,^(HX)
    into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(HY) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the Lord’s payment^(HZ) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil^(IA) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(IB)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(IC) deliver me.^(ID)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(IE)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(IF) way from fasting;^(IG)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(IH)
25 I am an object of scorn^(II) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(IJ)

²⁶ Help me,^(IK) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(IL) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(IM) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(IN)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(IO) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng^(IP) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand^(IQ) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.