1Hallelujah! 106:1 Or Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the LORD; also in verse 48
2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD
3Blessed are those who uphold justice,
4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people;
5that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
6We have sinned like our fathers;
7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders
8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name,
9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
10He saved them from the hand that hated them;
11The waters covered their foes;
12Then they believed His promises
13Yet they soon forgot His works
14They craved intensely in the wilderness
15So He granted their request,
16In the camp they envied Moses,
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
18Then fire blazed through their company;
19At Horeb 106:19 That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai they made a calf
20They exchanged their Glory 106:20 Or their glorious God
21They forgot God their Savior,
22wondrous works in the land of Ham,
23So He said He would destroy them—
24They despised the pleasant land;
25They grumbled in their tents
26So He raised His hand and swore
27to disperse 106:27 Or cast down or cause to fall their offspring among the nations
28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor
29So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,
30But Phinehas stood and intervened,
31It was credited to him as righteousness
32At the waters of Meribah 106:32 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7. they angered the LORD,
33For they rebelled against His Spirit,106:33 Or they provoked His Spirit
34They did not destroy the peoples
35but they mingled with the nations
36They worshiped their idols,
37They sacrificed their sons
38They shed innocent blood—
39They defiled themselves by their actions
40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people,
41He delivered them into the hand of the nations,
42Their enemies oppressed them,
43Many times He rescued them,
44Nevertheless He heard their cry;
45And He remembered His covenant with them,
46He made them objects of compassion
47Save us, O LORD our God,
48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,