Psalm 106:32-48

Complete Jewish Bible

³² They angered him at the M’rivah Spring,
and Moshe suffered on their account;
³³ for when they embittered his spirit,
[Moshe] spoke up without thinking.

³⁴ They failed to destroy the peoples,
as Adonai had ordered them to do,
³⁵ but mingled with the nations
and learned to follow their ways.
³⁶ They went on to serve their idols,
which became a snare for them.
³⁷ They even sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons.
³⁸ Yes, they shed innocent blood,
the blood of their own sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to Kena‘an’s false gods,
polluting the land with blood.
³⁹ Thus they were defiled by their deeds;
they prostituted themselves by their actions,

⁴⁰ For this Adonai’s fury blazed up against his people,
and he detested his heritage.
⁴¹ He handed them over to the power of the nations,
and those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed them
and kept them in subjection to their power.
⁴³ Many times [God] rescued them,
but they kept making plans to rebel.
Thus they were brought low
by their own wrongdoing.

⁴⁴ Still he took pity on their distress
whenever he heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sakes he kept in mind his covenant
and in his limitless grace relented,
⁴⁶ causing them to be treated with compassion
by all who had taken them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, Adonai our God!
Gather us from among the nations,
so that we can thank your holy name
and glory in praising you.

⁴⁸ Blessed be Adonai, the God of Isra’el,
from eternity past to eternity future.
Now let all the people say,
“Amen! Halleluyah!”