nsb - Psalms:106

nsb@Psalms:106:1 @ Praise Jehovah! Oh give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good and His loving-kindness endures forever.

nsb@Psalms:106:2 @ Who can speak of the mighty acts of Jehovah? Who can proclaim and perceive all his praise?

nsb@Psalms:106:3 @ How blessed are those who pay attention to justice, who practice righteousness at all times!

nsb@Psalms:106:4 @ Remember me, O Jehovah, with favor toward your people. Visit me with your salvation.

nsb@Psalms:106:5 @ Help me see the prosperity of your chosen ones that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

nsb@Psalms:106:6 @ We have sinned like our fathers! We have committed iniquity and have behaved wickedly.

nsb@Psalms:106:7 @ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They did not remember your abundant kindnesses. But they rebelled by the Red Sea.

nsb@Psalms:106:8 @ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known.

nsb@Psalms:106:9 @ So he rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, and he led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

nsb@Psalms:106:10 @ He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

nsb@Psalms:106:11 @ The waters covered their adversaries and not one of them was left.

nsb@Psalms:106:12 @ Then they believed his words. They sang His praise.

nsb@Psalms:106:13 @ They quickly forgot his works and they did not wait for his counsel.

nsb@Psalms:106:14 @ They had an unreasonable desire for food in the wilderness. In the desert they tested God.

nsb@Psalms:106:15 @ He gave them what they asked for. He also gave them a degenerative disease.

nsb@Psalms:106:16 @ In the camp certain men became envious of Moses. They also became envious of Aaron, Jehovahs holy one.

nsb@Psalms:106:17 @ The ground split open and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram's followers.

nsb@Psalms:106:18 @ A fire broke out among their followers. Flames burned up wicked people.

nsb@Psalms:106:19 @ At Mount Horeb they made a statue of a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal.

nsb@Psalms:106:20 @ They traded their glorious God for the statue of a bull that eats grass.

nsb@Psalms:106:21 @ They forgot the God of their salvation, the one who did spectacular things in Egypt,

nsb@Psalms:106:22 @ miracles in the land of Ham, and terrifying things at the Red Sea.

nsb@Psalms:106:23 @ God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.

nsb@Psalms:106:24 @ They refused to enter the pleasant land. They did not believe what he said.

nsb@Psalms:106:25 @ They complained in their tents. They did not obey Jehovah.

nsb@Psalms:106:26 @ Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,

nsb@Psalms:106:27 @ kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands.

nsb@Psalms:106:28 @ They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor. They ate what was sacrificed to the dead.

nsb@Psalms:106:29 @ They infuriated God by what they did, and a plague broke out among them.

nsb@Psalms:106:30 @ Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped.

nsb@Psalms:106:31 @ Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever, throughout every generation.

nsb@Psalms:106:32 @ They made God angry by the water at Meribah. Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did.

nsb@Psalms:106:33 @ They made him bitter so that he spoke recklessly.

nsb@Psalms:106:34 @ They did not destroy the people as Jehovah had told them.

nsb@Psalms:106:35 @ Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did.

nsb@Psalms:106:36 @ They worshiped their idols, which became a trap for them.

nsb@Psalms:106:37 @ They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

nsb@Psalms:106:38 @ They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land became polluted with blood.

nsb@Psalms:106:39 @ They became filthy because of what they did. They behaved like prostitutes.

nsb@Psalms:106:40 @ Jehovah burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.

nsb@Psalms:106:41 @ He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them.

nsb@Psalms:106:42 @ Their enemies oppressed them and made them subject to their power.

nsb@Psalms:106:43 @ He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin.

nsb@Psalms:106:44 @ He saw that they were suffering when he heard their cry for help.

nsb@Psalms:106:45 @ He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

nsb@Psalms:106:46 @ He let them find compassion from all those who held them captive.

nsb@Psalms:106:47 @ Rescue us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations so that we may give thanks to your holy name and make your praise our glory.

nsb@Psalms:106:48 @ Thanks be to Jehovah the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say amen. Praise Jehovah!