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 of 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!"