Psalm 106
Praise the Lord;
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
: and his mercy endures for ever.
Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord
: or fully voice his praise?
Blessed are those who act according to justice
: who at all times do the right.
Remember me, O Lord,
when you visit your people with your favour
: and come to me also with your salvation,
That I may see the prosperity of your chosen
: that I may rejoice with the rejoicing of your people,
and exult with those who are your own.
We have sinned like our fathers
: we have acted perversely and done wrong.
Our fathers when they were in Egypt
: took no heed of your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of your loving-kindnesses
: but they rebelled at the Red Sea.
Nevertheless, he saved them for his name’s sake
: that he might make known his power.
He commanded the Red Sea, and it dried up
: and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
He delivered them from the hand of their adversary
: and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
The waters closed over their oppressors
: so that not one was left alive.
Then they believed his words
: and sang him songs of praise.
But in a little while they forgot what he had done
: and would wait for his counsel no more.
Greed took hold of them in the desert
: and they put God to the test in the wilderness.
So he gave them that which they desired
: but sent a wasting sickness among them.
Then they grew envious of Moses in the camp
: and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord;
Whereupon the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan
: it closed over the company of Abiram;
Fire flared out against their number
: and flame devoured the ungodly.
At Horeb they made themselves a calf
: and bowed down in worship to an image.
And so they exchanged the glory of God
: for the likeness of an ox that eats hay.
They forgot God who was their saviour
: that had done such great things in Egypt,
Who had worked his wonders in the land of Ham
: and his terrible deeds at the Red Sea.
Therefore he thought to destroy them
: had not Moses his servant stood before him in the breach,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.