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106:1  We will celebrate and praise you, Lord! You are good to us, and your love never fails.
106:2  No one can praise you enough for all the mighty things you have done.
106:3  You bless those people who are honest and fair in everything they do.
106:4  Remember me, Lord, when you show kindness by saving your people.
106:5  Let me prosper with the rest of your chosen ones, as they celebrate with pride because they belong to you.
106:6  We and our ancestors have sinned terribly.
106:7  When they were in Egypt, they paid no attention to your marvelous deeds or your wonderful love. And they turned against you at the Red Sea.
106:8  But you were true to your name, and you rescued them to prove how mighty you are.
106:9  You said to the Red Sea, “Dry up!” Then you led your people across on land as dry as a desert.
106:10  You saved all of them
106:11  and drowned every one of their enemies.
106:12  Then your people trusted you and sang your praises.
106:13  But they soon forgot what you had done and rejected your advice.
106:14  They became greedy for food and tested you there in the desert.
106:15  So you gave them what they wanted, but later you destroyed them with a horrible disease.
106:16  Everyone in camp was jealous of Moses and of Aaron, your chosen priest.
106:17  Dathan and Abiram rebelled, and the earth opened up and swallowed them.
106:18  Then fire broke out and destroyed all of their followers.
106:19  At Horeb your people made and worshiped the statue
106:20  of a bull, instead of you, their glorious God.
106:21  You worked powerful miracles to save them from Egypt, but they forgot about you
106:22  and the fearsome things you did at the Red Sea.
106:23  You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it.
106:24  They would not trust you, Lord, and they did not like the promised land.
106:25  They would not obey you, and they grumbled in their tents.
106:26  So you threatened them by saying, “I'll kill you out here in the desert!
106:27  I'll scatter your children everywhere in the world.”
106:28  Your people became followers of a god named Baal Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
106:29  They did such terrible things that you punished them with a deadly disease.
106:30  But Phinehas helped them, and the sickness stopped.
106:31  Now he will always be highly honored.
106:32  At Meribah Spring they turned against you and made you furious.
106:33  Then Moses got into trouble for speaking in anger.
106:34  Our Lord, they disobeyed you by refusing to destroy the nations.
106:35  Instead they were friendly with those foreigners and followed their customs.
106:36  Then they fell into the trap of worshiping idols.
106:37  They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons
106:38  and to the gods of Canaan. Then they poured out the blood of these innocent children and made the land filthy.
106:39  By doing such gruesome things, they also became filthy.
106:40  Finally, Lord, you were angry and terribly disgusted with your people.
106:41  So you put them in the power of nations that hated them.
106:42  They were mistreated and abused by their enemies,
106:43  but you saved them time after time. They were determined to rebel, and their sins caused their downfall.
106:44  You answered their prayers when they were in trouble.
106:45  You kept your agreement and were so merciful
106:46  that their enemies had pity on them.
106:47  Save us, Lord God! Bring us back from among the nations. Let us celebrate and shout in praise of your holy name.
106:48  Lord God of Israel, you deserve to be praised forever and ever. Let everyone say, “Amen! Shout praises to the Lord!”