Chapter 106

  Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] forever.  

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  Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?  

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  Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.  

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  Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,  

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  That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.  

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  We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.  

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  Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.  

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  Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.  

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  He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.  

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  And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.  

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  And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.  

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  Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.  

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  They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,  

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  But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.  

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  And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.  

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  They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah.  

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  The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.  

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  And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.  

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  They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.  

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  Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.  

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  They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,  

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  Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [And] terrible things by the Red Sea.  

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  Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].  

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  Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,  

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  But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.  

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  Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,  

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  And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.  

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  They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.  

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  Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.  

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  Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.  

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  And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.  

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  They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;  

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  Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.  

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  They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,  

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  But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,  

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  And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.  

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  Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,  

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  And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.  

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  Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.  

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  Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.  

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  And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.  

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  Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.  

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  Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.  

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  Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:  

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  And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.  

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  He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.  

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  Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.  

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  Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah. BOOK V Psalm 107  

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