• Psalm 106:19-48
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¹⁹ Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb *

and worshiped a molten image;

²⁰ And so they exchanged their Glory *

for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

²¹ They forgot God their Savior, *

who had done great things in Egypt,

²² Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *

and fearful things at the Red Sea.

²³ So he would have destroyed them,

had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, *

to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

²⁴ They refused the pleasant land *

and would not believe his promise.

²⁵ They grumbled in their tents *

and would not listen to the voice of the LORD.

²⁶ So he lifted his hand against them, *

to overthrow them in the wilderness,

²⁷ To cast out their seed among the nations, *

and to scatter them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

²⁹ They provoked him to anger with their actions, *

and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *

and the plague came to an end.

³¹ This was reckoned to him as righteousness *

throughout all generations for ever.

³² Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, *

so that he punished Moses because of them;

³³ For they so embittered his spirit *

that he spoke rash words with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples *

as the LORD had commanded them.

³⁵ They intermingled with the heathen *

and learned their pagan ways,

³⁶ So that they worshiped their idols, *

which became a snare to them.

³⁷ They sacrificed their sons *

and their daughters to evil spirits.

³⁸ They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters, *

which they offered to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was defiled with blood.

³⁹ Thus they were polluted by their actions *

and went whoring in their evil deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against his people *

and he abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ He gave them over to the hand of the heathen, *

and those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies oppressed them, *

and they were humbled under their hand.

⁴³ Many a time did he deliver them,

but they rebelled through their own devices, *

and were brought down in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he saw their distress, *

when he heard their lamentation.

⁴⁵ He remembered his covenant with them *

and relented in accordance with his great mercy.

⁴⁶ He caused them to be pitied *

by those who held them captive.

⁴⁷ Save 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.

⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting; *

and let all the people say, "Amen!"

Hallelujah!