Psalm 106-107

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴ Remember me, O Lord, in Your ^(F)favor ^[e]toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,
⁵ That I may see the ^(G)prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may ^(H)rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may ^(I)glory with Your ^[f]inheritance.

^6 (J)We have sinned ^[g](K)like our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your ^[h]wonders;
They ^(L)did not remember ^[i]Your abundant kindnesses,
But ^(M)rebelled by the sea, at the ^[j]Red Sea.
⁸ Nevertheless He saved them ^(N)for the sake of His name,
That He might ^(O)make His power known.
⁹ Thus He ^(P)rebuked the ^[k]Red Sea and it ^(Q)dried up,
And He ^(R)led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.
¹⁰ So He ^(S)saved them from the ^[l]hand of the one who hated them,
And ^(T)redeemed them from the ^[m]hand of the enemy.
^11 (U)The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
¹² Then they ^(V)believed His words;
They ^(W)sang His praise.

¹³ They quickly ^(X)forgot His works;
They ^(Y)did not wait for His counsel,
¹⁴ But ^(Z)craved intensely in the wilderness,
And ^[n](AA)tempted God in the desert.
¹⁵ So He ^(AB)gave them their request,
But ^(AC)sent a ^[o]wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When they became ^(AD)envious of Moses in the camp,
And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
¹⁷ The ^(AE)earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And engulfed the ^[p]company of Abiram.
¹⁸ And a ^(AF)fire blazed up in their ^[q]company;
The flame consumed the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(AG)made a calf in Horeb
And worshiped a molten image.
²⁰ Thus they ^(AH)exchanged their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(AI)forgot God their Savior,
Who had done ^(AJ)great things in Egypt,
^22 [r](AK)Wonders in the land of Ham
And awesome things by the ^[s]Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(AL)He said that He would destroy them,
Had not ^(AM)Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
²⁴ Then they ^(AN)despised the ^(AO)pleasant land;
They ^(AP)did not believe in His word,
²⁵ But ^(AQ)grumbled in their tents;
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore He ^[t](AR)swore to them
That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
²⁷ And that He would ^(AS)cast their seed among the nations
And ^(AT)scatter them in the lands.

²⁸ They ^(AU)joined themselves also to ^[u]Baal-peor,
And ate ^(AV)sacrifices offered to the dead.
²⁹ Thus they ^(AW)provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas ^(AX)stood up and interposed,
And so the ^(AY)plague was stayed.
³¹ And it was ^(AZ)reckoned to him for righteousness,
To all generations forever.

³² They also ^(BA)provoked Him to wrath at the waters of ^[v]Meribah,
So that it ^(BB)went hard with Moses on their account;
³³ Because they ^(BC)were rebellious against ^[w]His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They ^(BD)did not destroy the peoples,
As ^(BE)the Lord commanded them,
³⁵ But ^(BF)they mingled with the nations
And learned their ^[x]practices,
³⁶ And ^(BG)served their idols,
^(BH)Which became a snare to them.
³⁷ They even ^(BI)sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the ^(BJ)demons,
³⁸ And shed ^(BK)innocent blood,
The blood of their ^(BL)sons and their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was ^(BM)polluted with the blood.
³⁹ Thus they became ^(BN)unclean in their ^[y]practices,
And ^(BO)played the harlot in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore the ^(BP)anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He ^(BQ)abhorred His ^[z](BR)inheritance.
⁴¹ Then ^(BS)He gave them into the hand of the ^[aa]nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies also ^(BT)oppressed them,
And they were subdued under their ^[ab]power.
⁴³ Many times He would ^(BU)deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their ^(BV)counsel,
And so ^(BW)sank down in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He ^(BX)heard their cry;
⁴⁵ And He ^(BY)remembered His covenant for their sake,
And ^[ac](BZ)relented ^(CA)according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
⁴⁶ He also made them ^(CB)objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

^47 (CC)Save us, O Lord our God,
And ^(CD)gather us from among the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name
And ^[ad](CE)glory in Your praise.
^48 (CF)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
^[ae]Praise ^[af]the Lord!

⁴ They ^(CL)wandered in the wilderness in a ^[ah]desert region;
They did not find a way to ^[ai]an inhabited ^(CM)city.
⁵ They were hungry ^[aj]and thirsty;
Their ^(CN)soul fainted within them.
⁶ Then they ^(CO)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He delivered them out of their distresses.
⁷ He led them also by a ^[ak](CP)straight way,
To go to ^[al](CQ)an inhabited city.
^8 (CR)Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His ^[am]wonders to the sons of men!
⁹ For He has ^(CS)satisfied the ^[an]thirsty soul,
And the ^(CT)hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

¹⁰ There were those who ^(CU)dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
^(CV)Prisoners in ^[ao]misery and ^[ap]chains,
¹¹ Because they had ^(CW)rebelled against the words of God
And ^(CX)spurned the ^(CY)counsel of the Most High.
¹² Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was ^(CZ)none to help.
¹³ Then they ^(DA)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.
¹⁴ He ^(DB)brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death
And ^(DC)broke their bands apart.
^15 (DD)Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His ^[aq]wonders to the sons of men!
¹⁶ For He has ^(DE)shattered gates of bronze
And cut bars of iron asunder.

¹⁷ Fools, because of ^[ar]their rebellious way,
And ^(DF)because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
¹⁸ Their ^(DG)soul abhorred all kinds of food,
And they ^(DH)drew near to the ^(DI)gates of death.
¹⁹ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.
²⁰ He ^(DJ)sent His word and ^(DK)healed them,
And ^(DL)delivered them from their ^[as]destructions.
^21 (DM)Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His ^[at]wonders to the sons of men!
²² Let them also offer ^(DN)sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And ^(DO)tell of His works with joyful singing.

²³ Those who ^(DP)go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
²⁴ They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His ^[au]wonders in the deep.
²⁵ For He ^(DQ)spoke and raised up a ^(DR)stormy wind,
Which ^(DS)lifted up the waves ^[av]of the sea.
²⁶ They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul ^(DT)melted away in their misery.
²⁷ They reeled and ^(DU)staggered like a drunken man,
And ^[aw]were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
²⁹ He ^(DV)caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves ^[ax]of the sea were hushed.
³⁰ Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired haven.
^31 (DW)Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His ^[ay](DX)wonders to the sons of men!
³² Let them ^(DY)extol Him also ^(DZ)in the congregation of the people,
And ^(EA)praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³ He ^[az](EB)changes rivers into a ^[ba]wilderness
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
³⁴ A ^(EC)fruitful land into a ^(ED)salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
³⁵ He ^[bb](EE)changes a ^[bc]wilderness into a pool of water
And a dry land into springs of water;
³⁶ And there He makes the hungry to dwell,
So that they may establish ^[bd](EF)an inhabited city,
³⁷ And sow fields and ^(EG)plant vineyards,
And ^[be]gather a fruitful harvest.
³⁸ Also He blesses them and they ^(EH)multiply greatly,
And He ^(EI)does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹ When they are ^(EJ)diminished and ^(EK)bowed down
Through oppression, misery and sorrow,
⁴⁰ He ^(EL)pours contempt upon ^[bf]princes
And ^(EM)makes them wander ^(EN)in a pathless waste.
⁴¹ But He ^(EO)sets the needy ^[bg]securely on high away from affliction,
And ^(EP)makes his families like a flock.
⁴² The ^(EQ)upright see it and are glad;
But all ^(ER)unrighteousness shuts its mouth.
⁴³ Who is ^(ES)wise? Let him give heed to these things,
And consider the ^(ET)lovingkindnesses of the Lord.