Chapter
106
Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for she is good, for her loving kindness endures forever.
Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all her praise?
Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
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.
We have sinned with our mothers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
Our mothers 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.
Nevertheless she saved them for her name's sake, that she might make her mighty power known.
She rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so she led them through the depths, as through a desert.
She saved them from the hand of her who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
Then they believed her words. They sang her praise.
They soon forgot her works. They didn't wait for her counsel,
but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
She gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
Therefore she said that she would destroy them, had Moses, her chosen, not stood before her in the breach, to turn away her wrath, so that she wouldn't destroy them.
Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe her word,
but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
Therefore she swore to them that she would overthrow them in the wilderness,
that she would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked her to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
That was credited to her for righteousness, for all generations to come.
They angered her also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
because they were rebellious against her spirit, she spoke rashly with her lips.
They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,
but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
Yes, they sacrificed their daughters and their sons to demons.
They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their daughters and of their sons, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against her people. She abhorred her inheritance.
She gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times she delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
Nevertheless she regarded their distress, when she heard their cry.
She remembered for them her covenant, and repented according to the multitude of her loving kindnesses.
She made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!