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Chapter 106

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

This psalm begins with praise for the LORD's enduring goodness, but quickly turns into a communal confession that Israel has sinned just as its fathers did. It retells a long history of rebellion from Egypt through the wilderness and into the land, yet the chapter keeps returning to the same surprise: the LORD repeatedly remembers his covenant, rescues the people, and remains the only hope for their gathering and praise.

Psalm 106 stands as the dark counterpart to Psalm 105. Where the previous chapter recites God's faithfulness in history, this one remembers the people's unfaithfulness, so that praise becomes inseparable from confession, mercy, and the plea to be restored again.

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Psalms 106

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vv. 1-48

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

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H1allelujah! 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 they made a calf 20They exchanged their Glory 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 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 they angered the LORD, 33For they rebelled against 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,

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  1. 01vv. 1-48Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is GoodThe psalm opens with hallelujah, blessing, and a prayer to share in the joy of God's chosen people, then confesses that Israel has sinned like its fathers. From there it surveys rebellion at the sea, in the wilderness, at Horeb, at Peor, at Meribah, and in the land itself, while repeatedly noting that the LORD still saved, pitied, and remembered his covenant before the final prayer for gathering and the closing doxology.
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