Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 106

! Give thanks to Yahweh — he is good, his never runs out.Who could ever fully tell ? Who could give him all the praise he deserves? those who act with , for the one who does what is right at all times.Remember me, Yahweh, when you show to your people; come to me with your —so I can see how good it is for , so I can share the joy of , so I can celebrate alongside those who belong to you.We have — just like our ancestors. We have ; we have .Our ancestors in Egypt didn’t grasp your . They forgot how many times you showed them . At the sea — the Red Sea — they .But he rescued them anyway — , to make his known.He commanded and it dried up; he walked them through as if through a desert.He pulled them from the grip of those who hated them, he from the enemy’s hand.The waters swallowed their enemies; not a single one survived.Then his people believed what he said and sang his praise.But it didn’t take long — they forgot what he’d done. They didn’t wait for to unfold.They gave in to their in the wilderness and in the wasteland.He gave them what they asked for, but sent .In the camp, they grew jealous of Moses and of Aaron, .The earth split open and swallowed ; it buried the followers of Abiram.Fire blazed among their followers; flames consumed .They made a at and bowed down to something they had cast from metal —they traded for the image of a bull that eats grass.They forgot God, who had — the one who had done such immense things in Egypt,wonders in , at the Red Sea.So he said he would destroy them — but Moses, the one he had chosen, before him to turn his away.Then they rejected ; they didn’t trust what he had promised.They grumbled in their tents and refused to listen to Yahweh’s voice.So he : he would bring them down in the wilderness,scatter their descendants among the , and disperse them across every land.They and ate .They provoked him with everything they did, and a erupted among them.Then stood up and , and the plague was stopped.And it was for generation after generation, forever.They made Yahweh angry at the waters of , and it went badly for Moses because of them —because they , and rash words came from his lips.They didn’t destroy the peoples as Yahweh had told them to.Instead, they and adopted their ways.They served their , which became for them.They sacrificed their own sons and their own daughters to .They poured out — the blood of their sons and daughters, sacrificed to the idols of Canaan — and the land was by bloodshed.They made themselves filthy by what they did; their actions were .So Yahweh against his people and those who belonged to him.He to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.Their enemies oppressed them and crushed them under their power.Time after time he pulled them out, but they kept choosing and sank deeper into their own .But he saw their when he heard their cry.He remembered his with them and because of his vast .He made their captors show them — everyone who had taken them prisoner., Yahweh our God! Gather us from among the nations so we can give thanks to your name, , and find our deepest joy in praising you.All praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel, ! And let all the people say: “” !