Psalm 106:1-12

Good News Translation

The Lord's Goodness to His People

106 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good;
    his love is eternal.
²Who can tell all the great things he has done?
    Who can praise him enough?
³Happy are those who obey his commands,
    who always do what is right.

⁴Remember me, Lord, when you help your people;
    include me when you save them.
⁵Let me see the prosperity of your people
    and share in the happiness of your nation,
    in the glad pride of those who belong to you.

⁶We have sinned as our ancestors did;
    we have been wicked and evil.
⁷^(B)Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God's wonderful acts;
    they forgot the many times he showed them his love,
    and they rebelled against the Almighty^[a] at the Red Sea.
⁸But he saved them, as he had promised,
    in order to show his great power.
⁹^(C)He gave a command to the Red Sea,
    and it dried up;
    he led his people across on dry land.
¹⁰He saved them from those who hated them;
    he rescued them from their enemies.
¹¹But the water drowned their enemies;
    not one of them was left.
¹²^(D)Then his people believed his promises
    and sang praises to him.