Psalm 106
New Living Translation
Psalm 106
1 Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
2 Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord?
Who can ever praise him enough?
3 There is joy for those who deal justly with others
and always do what is right.
4 Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.
5 Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.
Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;
let me praise you with those who are your heritage.
6 Like our ancestors, we have sinned.
We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
7 Our ancestors in Egypt
were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds.
They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.
Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.[a]
8 Even so, he saved them—
to defend the honor of his name
and to demonstrate his mighty power.
9 He commanded the Red Sea[b] to dry up.
He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.
10 So he rescued them from their enemies
and redeemed them from their foes.
11 Then the water returned and covered their enemies;
not one of them survived.
12 Then his people believed his promises.
Then they sang his praise.
13 Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done!
They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!
14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
15 So he gave them what they asked for,
but he sent a plague along with it.
16 The people in the camp were jealous of Moses
and envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.
17 Because of this, the earth opened up;
it swallowed Dathan
and buried Abiram and the other rebels.
18 Fire fell upon their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
19 The people made a calf at Mount Sinai[c];
they bowed before an image made of gold.
20 They traded their glorious God
for a statue of a grass-eating bull.
21 They forgot God, their savior,
who had done such great things in Egypt—
22 such wonderful things in the land of Ham,
such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.
23 So he declared he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people.
He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.
24 The people refused to enter the pleasant land,
for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.
25 Instead, they grumbled in their tents
and refused to obey the Lord.
26 Therefore, he solemnly swore
that he would kill them in the wilderness,
27 that he would scatter their descendants[d] among the nations,
exiling them to distant lands.
28 Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;
they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
29 They angered the Lord with all these things,
so a plague broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas had the courage to intervene,
and the plague was stopped.
31 So he has been regarded as a righteous man
ever since that time.
32 At Meribah, too, they angered the Lord,
causing Moses serious trouble.
33 They made Moses angry,[e]
and he spoke foolishly.
34 Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land,
as the Lord had commanded them.
35 Instead, they mingled among the pagans
and adopted their evil customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,
which led to their downfall.
37 They even sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to the demons.
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters.
By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan,
they polluted the land with murder.
39 They defiled themselves by their evil deeds,
and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.
40 That is why the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own special possession.
41 He handed them over to pagan nations,
and they were ruled by those who hated them.
42 Their enemies crushed them
and brought them under their cruel power.
43 Again and again he rescued them,
but they chose to rebel against him,
and they were finally destroyed by their sin.
44 Even so, he pitied them in their distress
and listened to their cries.
45 He remembered his covenant with them
and relented because of his unfailing love.
46 He even caused their captors
to treat them with kindness.
47 Save us, O Lord our God!
Gather us back from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.
48 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 106
The Message
106 1-3 Hallelujah!
Thank God! And why?
Because he’s good, because his love lasts.
But who on earth can do it—
declaim God’s mighty acts, broadcast all his praises?
You’re one happy man when you do what’s right,
one happy woman when you form the habit of justice.
4-5 Remember me, God, when you enjoy your people;
include me when you save them;
I want to see your chosen succeed,
celebrate with your celebrating nation,
join the Hallelujahs of your pride and joy!
6-12 We’ve sinned a lot, both we and our parents;
We’ve fallen short, hurt a lot of people.
After our parents left Egypt,
they took your wonders for granted,
forgot your great and wonderful love.
They were barely beyond the Red Sea
when they defied the High God
—the very place he saved them!
—the place he revealed his amazing power!
He rebuked the Red Sea so that it dried up on the spot
—he paraded them right through!
—no one so much as got wet feet!
He saved them from a life of oppression,
pried them loose from the grip of the enemy.
Then the waters flowed back on their oppressors;
there wasn’t a single survivor.
Then they believed his words were true
and broke out in songs of praise.
13-18 But it wasn’t long before they forgot the whole thing,
wouldn’t wait to be told what to do.
They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert,
provoked God with their insistent demands.
He gave them exactly what they asked for—
but along with it they got an empty heart.
One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses,
also of Aaron, holy priest of God.
The ground opened and swallowed Dathan,
then buried Abiram’s gang.
Fire flared against that rebel crew
and torched them to a cinder.
19-22 They cast in metal a bull calf at Horeb
and worshiped the statue they’d made.
They traded the Glory
for a cheap piece of sculpture—a grass-chewing bull!
They forgot God, their very own Savior,
who turned things around in Egypt,
Who created a world of wonders in the Land of Ham,
who gave that stunning performance at the Red Sea.
23-27 Fed up, God decided to get rid of them—
and except for Moses, his chosen, he would have.
But Moses stood in the gap and deflected God’s anger,
prevented it from destroying them utterly.
They went on to reject the Blessed Land,
didn’t believe a word of what God promised.
They found fault with the life they had
and turned a deaf ear to God’s voice.
Exasperated, God swore
that he’d lay them low in the desert,
Scattering their children here and there,
strewing them all over the earth.
28-31 Then they linked up with Baal Peor,
attending funeral banquets and eating idol food.
That made God so angry
that a plague spread through their ranks;
Phinehas stood up and pled their case
and the plague was stopped.
This was counted to his credit;
his descendants will never forget it.
32-33 They angered God again at Meribah Springs;
this time Moses got mixed up in their evil;
Because they defied God yet again,
Moses exploded and lost his temper.
34-39 They didn’t wipe out those godless cultures
as ordered by God;
Instead they intermarried with the heathen,
and in time became just like them.
They worshiped their idols,
were caught in the trap of idols.
They sacrificed their sons and daughters
at the altars of demon gods.
They slit the throats of their babies,
murdered their infant girls and boys.
They offered their babies to Canaan’s gods;
the blood of their babies stained the land.
Their way of life reeked;
they lived like prostitutes.
40-43 And God was furious—a wildfire anger;
he couldn’t stand even to look at his people.
He turned them over to the heathen
so that the people who hated them ruled them.
Their enemies made life hard for them;
they were tyrannized under that rule.
Over and over God rescued them, but they never learned—
until finally their sins destroyed them.
44-46 Still, when God saw the trouble they were in
and heard their cries for help,
He remembered his Covenant with them,
and, immense with love, took them by the hand.
He poured out his mercy on them
while their captors looked on, amazed.
47-48 Save us, God, our God!
Gather us back out of exile
So we can give thanks to your holy name
and join in the glory when you are praised!
Blessed be God, Israel’s God!
Bless now, bless always!
Oh! Let everyone say Amen!
Hallelujah!
Salmos 106
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La rebeldía de Israel y la liberación del Señor
106 ¡Aleluya!
(A)Den gracias al Señor, porque es bueno;
Porque para siempre es Su misericordia(B).
2 ¿Quién puede relatar los poderosos hechos del Señor(C),
O expresar toda Su alabanza?
3 Bienaventurados los que guardan el juicio,
Los que practican la justicia en todo tiempo(D).
4 Acuérdate de mí, oh Señor, en Tu bondad hacia Tu pueblo(E);
Visítame con Tu salvación,
5 Para que yo vea la prosperidad de Tus escogidos(F),
Para que me regocije(G) en la alegría de Tu nación,
Para que me gloríe con Tu heredad(H).
6 Nosotros hemos pecado(I) como nuestros padres(J),
Hemos hecho iniquidad, nos hemos conducido impíamente.
7 Nuestros padres en Egipto no entendieron Tus maravillas;
No se acordaron(K) de Tu infinito amor,
Sino que se rebelaron junto al mar(L), en el Mar Rojo.
8 No obstante, los salvó por amor de Su nombre(M),
Para manifestar Su poder(N).
9 Reprendió al Mar Rojo(O), y se secó(P);
Y los condujo por las profundidades, como por un desierto(Q).
10 Los salvó(R) de mano del que los odiaba,
Y los redimió(S) de mano del enemigo.
11 Las aguas cubrieron a sus adversarios(T),
Ni uno de ellos escapó.
12 Entonces ellos creyeron en Sus palabras(U),
Y cantaron Su alabanza(V).
13 Pero pronto se olvidaron de Sus obras(W);
No esperaron Su consejo(X).
14 Tuvieron apetitos desenfrenados en el desierto(Y),
Y tentaron a Dios en las soledades(Z).
15 Él les concedió lo que pedían(AA),
Pero envió una plaga mortal sobre ellos(AB).
16 Cuando en el campamento tuvieron envidia de Moisés(AC),
Y de Aarón, el santo del Señor,
17 La tierra se abrió y tragó a Datán(AD),
Y se cerró sobre el grupo de Abiram.
18 Un fuego ardió(AE) contra su grupo,
La llama consumió a los impíos.
19 Hicieron un becerro en Horeb(AF),
Y adoraron una imagen de fundición;
20 Cambiaron su gloria(AG)
Por la imagen de un buey que come hierba.
21 Se olvidaron de Dios su Salvador(AH),
Que había hecho grandes cosas en Egipto(AI),
22 Maravillas en la tierra de Cam(AJ),
Y cosas asombrosas en el Mar Rojo.
23 Él dijo que los hubiera destruido(AK),
De no haberse puesto Moisés, Su escogido, en la brecha delante de Él(AL),
A fin de apartar Su furor para que no los destruyera.
24 Aborrecieron(AM) la tierra deseable(AN),
No creyeron en Su palabra(AO),
25 Sino que murmuraron en sus tiendas(AP),
Y no escucharon la voz del Señor.
26 Por tanto, les juró(AQ)
Abatirlos en el desierto,
27 Y esparcir su simiente entre las naciones(AR),
Y dispersarlos por las tierras(AS).
28 Se unieron también a Baal Peor(AT),
Y comieron sacrificios ofrecidos a los muertos(AU).
29 Lo provocaron a ira con sus actos(AV),
Y la plaga se desató entre ellos.
30 Entonces Finees se levantó e intervino(AW),
Y cesó la plaga(AX).
31 Y le fue contado por justicia(AY)
Por todas las generaciones para siempre.
32 También hicieron que Él se enojara en las aguas de Meriba(AZ),
Y le fue mal a Moisés por culpa de ellos(BA),
33 Puesto que fueron rebeldes contra Su Espíritu(BB),
Y él habló precipitadamente con sus labios.
34 No destruyeron a los pueblos(BC),
Como el Señor les había mandado(BD),
35 Sino que se mezclaron con las naciones(BE),
Aprendieron sus costumbres,
36 Y sirvieron a sus ídolos(BF)
Que se convirtieron en lazo para ellos(BG).
37 Sacrificaron a sus hijos y a sus hijas a los demonios(BH),
38 Y derramaron sangre inocente(BI),
La sangre de sus hijos y de sus hijas(BJ),
A quienes sacrificaron a los ídolos de Canaán,
Y la tierra fue contaminada con sangre(BK).
39 Así se contaminaron en sus costumbres(BL),
Y fueron infieles en sus hechos(BM).
40 Entonces se encendió la ira del Señor(BN) contra Su pueblo,
Y Él aborreció Su heredad(BO).
41 Los entregó en mano de las naciones(BP),
Y los que los aborrecían se enseñorearon sobre ellos.
42 Sus enemigos también los oprimieron(BQ),
Y fueron subyugados bajo su poder.
43 Muchas veces los libró(BR);
Pero ellos fueron rebeldes en sus propósitos(BS),
Y se hundieron en su iniquidad(BT).
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