Psalm 105 — The Holy Bible

Alleluia.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,

For His mercy endures forever.

Who shall tell the mighty deeds of the Lord,

Who shall make all His praises heard?

Blessed are those who keep His judgment,

And do righteousness at all times.

Remember us, O Lord, because of the goodwill of Your people;

Visit us with Your salvation,

So as to see it in the goodness of Your chosen ones;

So as to be glad with the joy of Your nation,

So as to praise You in the midst of Your inheritance.

We sinned with our fathers;

We committed lawlessness; we acted wrongfully.

Our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt;

They did not remember the multitude of Your mercy,

But rebelled when they went up to the Red Sea.

But He saved them because of His name,

So they might know His power;

And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up;

And He led them in the sea as though it were a desert.

He saved them from the hands of those who hated them,

And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy;

So the water covered those who afflicted them;

There was not one left among them.

Then they believed His words

And sang His praise.

They were quick to forget His works;

They did not wait for His counsel;

And they desired exceedingly in the desert,

And tempted God in a waterless place.

So He gave them their request

And fully satisfied their souls.

They also angered Moses in the camp,

And Aaron the holy one of the Lord;

The earth was opened and swallowed Dathan,

And buried the assembly of Abiram;

A fire kindled in their assembly;

The flame burned up the sinners.

They made a calf in Horeb,

And bowed down and worshiped the graven image;

Thus they changed their glory

Into the likeness of a calf that eats grass.

They forgot the God who saved them,

Who did great things in Egypt,

And marvelous things in the land of Ham,

Fearful things at the Red Sea.

And He said He would destroy them

Had not Moses His chosen one

Stood among them in the destruction before Him,

To turn away His wrath so as not to destroy them.

Then they despised the desired land;

They did not believe His word,

But murmured in their tents;

They did not listen to the Lord's voice.

So He raised His hand against them,

To overthrow them in the desert;

And to overthrow their seed among the nations,

And to scatter them among the countries.

They were consecrated to Baal-Peor,

And ate sacrifices of the dead;

So they provoked Him with their ways of living,

And destruction multiplied among them.

Then Phinehas stood among them and made atonement,

And the destruction ceased;

And it was reckoned as righteousness to him

From generation to generation forever.

They also provoked Him to anger at the water of Rebellion,

And Moses was afflicted because of them;

For they embittered his spirit,

And he spoke offensively with his lips;

They did not destroy the nations the Lord said to destroy,

But mingled with the nations

And learned their works;

And they served their graven images,

And this became a snare for them;

They also sacrificed their sons

And their daughters to demons,

And shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan;

So the land was polluted with their blood;

It was also defiled by their works;

Thus they acted unfaithfully in their ways of living.

And the Lord was very angry with His people,

And He abhorred His inheritance;

Then He delivered them into the hands of the nations,

And those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies also afflicted them,

And they were humbled under their hands.

He delivered them many times,

But they rebelled against Him with their counsel,

And were humbled by their transgressions.

And He saw them in their afflictions;

He listened to their supplications,

And He remembered His covenant,

And felt regret according to the multitude of His mercy;

So He aroused compassion for them

Among all who made them captives.

Save us, O Lord our God,

And gather us from the nations,

So we may give thanks to Your holy name,

And boast in Your praise.

Bless the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting.

And all the people shall say, “Amen! Amen!”