^106:7Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

^106:8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, so that he might make known his mighty power.

^106:9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; he led them through the deep as through a desert.

^106:10So he saved them from the hand of the foe, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

^106:11The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

^106:12Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

^106:13But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

^106:14But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

^106:15he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.

^106:16They were jealous of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord .

^106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the faction of Abiram.

^106:18Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

^106:19They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image.

^106:20They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

^106:21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

^106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

^106:23Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

^106:24Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.

^106:25They grumbled in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the Lord .

^106:26Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

^106:27and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.

^106:28Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

^106:29they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

^106:30Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, and the plague was stopped.

^106:31And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.

^106:32They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

^106:33for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.

^106:34They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,

^106:35but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.

^106:36They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

^106:37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

^106:38they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

^106:39Thus they became unclean by their acts, and prostituted themselves in their doings.

^106:40Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

^106:41he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.

^106:42Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.

^106:43Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes, and were brought low through their iniquity.

^106:44Nevertheless he regarded their distress when he heard their cry.

^106:45For their sake he remembered his covenant, and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

^106:46He caused them to be pitied by all who held them captive.

^106:47Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

^106:48Blessed be the Lord , the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the Lord!