Psalm 106:1-23 (New International Version)

Psalm 106

 ¹ Praise the LORD. ^[a]
       Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.

 ² Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
       or fully declare his praise?

 ³ Blessed are they who maintain justice,
       who constantly do what is right.

 ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people,
       come to my aid when you save them,

 ⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
       that I may share in the joy of your nation
       and join your inheritance in giving praise.

 ⁶ We have sinned, even as our fathers did;
       we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

 ⁷ When our fathers were in Egypt,
       they gave no thought to your miracles;
       they did not remember your many kindnesses,
       and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. ^[b]

 ⁸ Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
       to make his mighty power known.

 ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
       he led them through the depths as through a desert.

 ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of the foe;
       from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

 ¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries;
       not one of them survived.

 ¹² Then they believed his promises
       and sang his praise.

 ¹³ But they soon forgot what he had done
       and did not wait for his counsel.

 ¹⁴ In the desert they gave in to their craving;
       in the wasteland they put God to the test.

 ¹⁵ So he gave them what they asked for,
       but sent a wasting disease upon them.

 ¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious of Moses
       and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.

 ¹⁷ The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
       it buried the company of Abiram.

 ¹⁸ Fire blazed among their followers;
       a flame consumed the wicked.

 ¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
       and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

 ²⁰ They exchanged their Glory
       for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

 ²¹ They forgot the God who saved them,
       who had done great things in Egypt,

 ²² miracles in the land of Ham
       and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

 ²³ So he said he would destroy them—
       had not Moses, his chosen one,
       stood in the breach before him
       to keep his wrath from destroying them.