Chapter 106

  Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever.  

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  Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, Or fully declare all his praise?  

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  Blessed are those who keep justice, He who does righteousness at all times.  

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  Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,  

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  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.  

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

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  Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your 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 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 desert.  

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  He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.  

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  The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.  

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  Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.  

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  They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,  

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  But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.  

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  He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.  

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  They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron, Yahweh's saint.  

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

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  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 exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.  

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  They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,  

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  Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.  

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  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.  

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  Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,  

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  But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh.  

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  Therefore he swore to them That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,  

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

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

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  Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.  

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  Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.  

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  That was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore.  

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  They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes;  

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  Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.  

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  They didn't destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,  

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  But mingled themselves with the nations, Learned their works.  

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  They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.  

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  Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.  

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  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.  

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  Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.  

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  Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was kindled against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.  

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  He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.  

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  Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.  

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  Many times he delivered 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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  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 By all those who carried them captive.  

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

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  Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, 'Amen.' Praise Yah! BOOK V Psalm 107  

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