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Psalms 106:1
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Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
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Psalms 106:2
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, Or fully declare all his praise?
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Psalms 106:3
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Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
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Psalms 106:4
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Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your yeshu`ah,
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Psalms 106:5
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That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
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Psalms 106:6
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We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
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Psalms 106:7
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Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Sea of Suf.
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Psalms 106:8
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power known.
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Psalms 106:9
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He rebuked the Sea of Suf also, and it was dried up; So he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
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Psalms 106:10
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He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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Psalms 106:11
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The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
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Psalms 106:12
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Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
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Psalms 106:13
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They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
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Psalms 106:14
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But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.
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Psalms 106:15
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He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
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Psalms 106:16
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They envied Moshe also in the camp, And Aharon, the LORD's holy one.
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Psalms 106:17
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The earth opened and swallowed up Datan, And covered the company of Aviram.
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Psalms 106:18
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A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
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Psalms 106:19
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They made a calf in Chorev, And worshiped a molten image.
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Psalms 106:20
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Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.
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Psalms 106:21
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They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
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Psalms 106:22
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Wondrous works in the land of Cham, And awesome things by the Sea of Suf.
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Psalms 106:23
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Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moshe, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
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Psalms 106:24
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Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,
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Psalms 106:25
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But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to the LORD's voice.
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Psalms 106:26
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Therefore he swore to them That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
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Psalms 106:27
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That he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
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Psalms 106:28
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They joined themselves also to Ba`al-Pe`or, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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Psalms 106:29
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
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Psalms 106:30
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Then Pinechas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.
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Psalms 106:31
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That was credited to him for righteousness, For all generations to come.
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Psalms 106:32
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They angered him also at the waters of Merivah, So that Moshe was troubled for their sakes;
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Psalms 106:33
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Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
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Psalms 106:34
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They didn't destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them,
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Psalms 106:35
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But mixed themselves with the nations, And learned their works.
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Psalms 106:36
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They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
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Psalms 106:37
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Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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Psalms 106:38
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They shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Kena`an. The land was polluted with blood.
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Psalms 106:39
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Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.
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Psalms 106:40
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Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
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Psalms 106:41
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He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
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Psalms 106:42
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Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
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Psalms 106:43
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Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
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Psalms 106:44
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Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry.
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Psalms 106:45
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He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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Psalms 106:46
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He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive.
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Psalms 106:47
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Save us, LORD, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!
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Psalms 106:48
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Blessed be the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amein." Praise the LORD! BOOK V Psalm 107
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