Psalm 106:1-23

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(D)
Come to me with your salvation
⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(F)
7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(G)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(H)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(I)
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(J)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(K)
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(L)

¹³ They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.^(M)
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(N)
15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(O)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(P)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(Q)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(R)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(S)
20 They exchanged their glory^[a][b]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(T)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(U)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^[c]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(V)
23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^(W)