# Psalm 106 
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1. Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 
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2. Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise? 
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3. Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times! 
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4. Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them, 
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5. that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. 
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6. Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. 
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7. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. 
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8. Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power. 
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9. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert. 
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10. So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy. 
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11. And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. 
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12. Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. 
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13. But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. 
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14. But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert; 
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15. he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them. 
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16. When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD, 
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17. the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 
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18. Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 
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19. They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image. 
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20. They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. 
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21. They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, 
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22. wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. 
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23. Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them. 
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24. Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise. 
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25. They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD. 
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26. Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness, 
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27. and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands. 
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28. Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead; 
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29. they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 
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30. Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed. 
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31. And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever. 
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32. They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account, 
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33. for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips. 
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34. They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, 
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35. but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. 
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36. They served their idols, which became a snare to them. 
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37. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; 
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38. they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 
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39. Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds. 
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40. Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage; 
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41. he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them. 
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42. Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power. 
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43. Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity. 
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44. Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry. 
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45. For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love. 
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46. He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive. 
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47. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. 
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48. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD! 

(ESV)