Psalm 106-107

English Standard Version

^4 (F)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[a]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(G)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

^6 (H)Both we and ^(I)our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
⁷ Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they ^(J)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but ^(K)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸ Yet he saved them ^(L)for his name's sake,
    ^(M)that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹ He ^(N)rebuked the Red Sea, and it ^(O)became dry,
    and he ^(P)led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰ So he ^(Q)saved them from the hand of the foe
    and ^(R)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹ And ^(S)the waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹² Then ^(T)they believed his words;
    they ^(U)sang his praise.

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

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(AB)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(AC)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (AD)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (AE)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(AF)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(AG)exchanged the glory of God^[b]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(AH)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(AI)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(AJ)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(AK)chosen one,
^(AL)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(AM)despised ^(AN)the pleasant land,
    having ^(AO)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(AP)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(AQ)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(AR)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(AS)yoked themselves to the ^(AT)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(AU)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(AV)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(AW)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³² They ^(AX)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³ for they ^(AY)made his spirit bitter,^[c]
    and he ^(AZ)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not ^(BA)destroy the peoples,
    ^(BB)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ but they ^(BC)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became ^(BD)a snare to them.
³⁷ They ^(BE)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(BF)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 ^(BG)polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^(BH)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(BI)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Then ^(BJ)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(BK)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(BL)heritage;
⁴¹ he ^(BM)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies ^(BN)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
^43 (BO)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(BP)purposes
    and were ^(BQ)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(BR)heard their cry.
⁴⁵ For their sake he ^(BS)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(BT)relented according to ^(BU)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶ He caused them to be ^(BV)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

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

^48 (BY)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
^(BZ)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    ^(CA)Praise the Lord!

⁴ Some ^(CG)wandered in desert wastes,
    finding no way ^(CH)to a city to dwell in;
⁵ hungry and thirsty,
    their soul ^(CI)fainted within them.
⁶ Then they ^(CJ)cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by ^(CK)a straight way
    till they reached ^(CL)a city to dwell in.
^8 (CM)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
⁹ For he ^(CN)satisfies the longing soul,
    ^(CO)and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

^10 (CP)Some sat in darkness and in ^(CQ)the shadow of death,
    prisoners in ^(CR)affliction and in irons,
¹¹ for they ^(CS)had rebelled against the words of God,
    and ^(CT)spurned the counsel of the Most High.
¹² So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
    they fell down, ^(CU)with none to help.
^13 (CV)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of ^(CW)darkness and the shadow of death,
    and ^(CX)burst their bonds apart.
^15 (CY)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
¹⁶ For he ^(CZ)shatters the doors of bronze
    and cuts in two the bars of iron.

¹⁷ Some were ^(DA)fools through their sinful ways,
    and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
^18 (DB)they loathed any kind of food,
    and they ^(DC)drew near to ^(DD)the gates of death.
^19 (DE)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
²⁰ He ^(DF)sent out his word and ^(DG)healed them,
    and ^(DH)delivered them from their destruction.
^21 (DI)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
²² And let them ^(DJ)offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
    and ^(DK)tell of his deeds in ^(DL)songs of joy!

²³ Some ^(DM)went down to the sea in ships,
    doing business on the great waters;
²⁴ they saw the deeds of the Lord,
    his wondrous works in the deep.
²⁵ For he ^(DN)commanded and ^(DO)raised the stormy wind,
    which lifted up the waves of the sea.
²⁶ They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
    their courage ^(DP)melted away in their evil plight;
²⁷ they reeled and ^(DQ)staggered like drunken men
    and ^(DR)were at their wits' end.^[e]
28 (DS)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
²⁹ He ^(DT)made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.
³⁰ Then they were glad that the waters^[f] were quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.
^31 (DU)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
³² Let them ^(DV)extol him in ^(DW)the congregation of the people,
    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³ He ^(DX)turns rivers into a desert,
    springs of water into thirsty ground,
^34 (DY)a fruitful land into a salty waste,
    because of the evil of its inhabitants.
³⁵ He ^(DZ)turns a desert into pools of water,
    ^(EA)a parched land into springs of water.
³⁶ And there he lets the hungry dwell,
    and they establish ^(EB)a city to live in;
³⁷ they sow fields and plant vineyards
    and get a fruitful yield.
^38 (EC)By his blessing they multiply greatly,
    and he does not let their livestock diminish.

³⁹ When they are diminished and brought low
    through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
^40 (ED)he pours contempt on princes
    and ^(EE)makes them wander ^(EF)in trackless wastes;
⁴¹ but ^(EG)he raises up the needy out of affliction
    and ^(EH)makes their families like flocks.
^42 (EI)The upright see it and are glad,
    and ^(EJ)all wickedness shuts its mouth.

^43 (EK)Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.