Psalm 106

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴ Remember me, O Lord, when you show favour to your people;
    help me when you deliver them;
⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory in your heritage.

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.
⁷ Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wonderful works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but rebelled against the Most High^[a] at the Red Sea.^[b]
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
    so that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea,^[c] and it became dry;
    he led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰ So he saved them from the hand of the foe,
    and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹² Then they believed his words;
    they sang his praise.

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

¹⁶ They were jealous of Moses in the camp,
    and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the faction of Abiram.
¹⁸ Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

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

²⁴ Then they despised the pleasant land,
    having no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would disperse^[f] their descendants among the nations,
    scattering them over the lands.

²⁸ Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
    and the plague was stopped.
³¹ And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation for ever.

³² They angered the Lord^[g] at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account;
³³ for they made his spirit bitter,
    and he spoke words that were rash.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
    as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to 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 polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they became unclean by their acts,
    and prostituted themselves in their doings.

⁴⁰ Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he abhorred his heritage;
⁴¹ he gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their purposes,
    and were brought low through their iniquity.
⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he remembered his covenant,
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be pitied
    by all who held them captive.

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

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, ‘Amen.’
    Praise the Lord!