106 Praise Yahweh!
    Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
    for his loving kindness endures forever.
² Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
    or fully declare all his praise?
³ Blessed are those who keep justice.
    Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
⁴ Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
    Visit me with your salvation,
⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers.
    We have committed iniquity.
    We have done wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
    They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses,
    but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
    that he might make his mighty power known.
⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;
    so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
    and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries.
    There was not one of them left.
¹² Then they believed his words.
    They sang his praise.

¹³ They soon forgot his works.
    They didn’t wait for his counsel,
¹⁴     but gave in to craving in the desert,
    and tested God in the wasteland.
¹⁵ He gave them their request,
    but sent leanness into their soul.
¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp,
    and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
¹⁸ A fire was kindled in their company.
    The flame burned up the wicked.
¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb,
    and worshiped a molten image.
²⁰ Thus they exchanged their glory
    for an image of a bull that eats grass.
²¹ They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²²     wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome things by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
    had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach,
    to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
²⁴ Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
    They didn’t believe his word,
²⁵     but murmured in their tents,
    and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
²⁶ Therefore he swore to them
    that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
²⁷     that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations,
    and scatter them in the lands.
²⁸ They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,
    and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
    The plague broke in on them.
³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment,
    so the plague was stopped.
³¹ That was credited to him for righteousness,
    for all generations to come.
³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
    so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
³³ because they were rebellious against his spirit,
    he spoke rashly with his lips.
³⁴ They didn’t destroy the peoples,
    as Yahweh commanded them,
³⁵     but mixed themselves with the nations,
    and learned their works.
³⁶ They served their idols,
    which became a snare to them.
³⁷ Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
³⁸     They shed innocent blood,
    even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
    whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
    The land was polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they were defiled with their works,
    and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
⁴⁰ Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.
    He abhorred his inheritance.
⁴¹ He gave them into the hand of the nations.
    Those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them.
    They were brought into subjection under their hand.
⁴³ He rescued them many times,
    but they were rebellious in their counsel,
    and were brought low in their iniquity.
⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
    when he heard their cry.
⁴⁵ He remembered for them his covenant,
    and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied
    by all those who carried them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, Yahweh, our God,
    gather us from among the nations,
    to give thanks to your holy name,
    to triumph in your praise!

⁴⁸ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise Yah!