THE *BOOK OF
PSALMS.
Psalm 106 ©
An exhortation to the praising and celebrating of the Lord, together with a prayer for forgiveness of sins, which the people of God confesses to have committed as well as their fathers; whereunto is annexed a short account of the Israelites’ stubbornness in the desert and the mercy of God shown them still, concluding with a prayer unto and praise of the Lord.
PRAISE1 ye the LORD. O givea thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Who can utter 2the mighty acts of the LORD? who can 3shew forth all his praise?
Blessed are they 4that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
5Remember me, O LORD, 6with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O 7visit me 8with thy salvation;
That I may 9see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice 10in the gladness of thy nation, 11that I may glory 12with thine inheritance.
Web have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Our fathers understood not 13thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the 14multitude of thy mercies; butc15provoked him at the sea, even 16at the Red sea.
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, thatd he might make his mighty power to be known.
He 17rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: soe he led them through 18the depths, 19as through the wilderness.
And he saved them from the hand of him 20that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Andf the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Theng believed they his words; they sang his praise.
21They soon forgat 22his works; they 23waited not for his counsel:
Buth lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and 24tempted God in the desert.
And he gave them 25their request; but senti26leanness 27into their soul.
Theyj envied 28Moses also in the camp, and 29Aaron the 30saint of the LORD.
Thek earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered 31the company of Abiram.
And al fire was kindled 32in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Theym made a calf in 33Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Thus they changed 34their glory into the similitude of 35an ox that eateth grass.
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Wondrous works 36in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
Thereforen he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him 37in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Yea, theyo despised 38the pleas-ant land, 39they believed not his word:
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not 40unto the voice of the LORD.
Therefore he 41liftedp up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatterq42them in the lands.
They joined themselves also unto 43Baal-peor,r and ate 44the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked him to anger 45with their inventions: and the plague 46brake in upon them.
Then stood up Phinehas, and 47executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
And that was counted unto him 48for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Theys angered 49him also at the waters of strife, so that 50it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he 51spake unadvisedly with his lips.
They did not destroy 52the nations, concerning whom the LORD 53commanded them:
But 54weret mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
And they served 55their idols: 56which were a snare unto them.
Yea,u they sacrificed their sons and their daughters 57unto devils,
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: andv58the land was polluted with 59blood.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a 60whoring with their own inventions.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred 61his own inheritance.
And he 62gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
63Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times did he 64deliver them; but they provoked him 65with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
And he 66remembered for them his covenant, and 67repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
He made 68them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us 69fromw among the heathen, to give thanks unto 70thy holy name, and 71to triumph in thy praise.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let allx the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.