Psalm 106:1-48 Book# 4 of Psalms

Psalm 106:1-48            Book# 4 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

O give thanks to the Lord; & you, praise the Lord. For He is good, & His mercy [endures] forever. [Jeremiah 33:11-12 The [sound] of joy, & gladness, & the voice of: the bridegroom, & the bride. The [voices] of [those who] shall say, Praise the Lord of Hosts: for the Lord is good, & His mercy [endures] forever. And of [those who] shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the [Lord's] house.

For I will cause [those who were] [captive] to return [to] the land, [like] at the [beginning, says] the Lord. The Lord of Hosts [says this;] In this place, & in all [its] cities, which [are] desolate, without man, & without [animals,] shall [again] be [a] habitation [for] shepherds [making] their flocks lie down.]

Who can [express] the mighty acts of the Lord? [Genesis 12:17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh & his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, [a.k.a. Sarah, [Abram's, a.k.a. Abraham's,] wife.]

Who can [declare] all His praise? Blessed are [those who] keep judgment, [a.k.a. justice,] & he [who does] [what is] [righteous] at all times. Remember me, O Lord, with the [favor] that You [delivered] to Your people.

O visit me with Your Salvation, [so] that I may see the good of Your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, & that I may glory, [a.k.a. boast,] with Your inheritance. [Psalm 119:132 Look upon me, & be merciful to me, [like] You [used] to do to those [who] love Your Name.]

We have sinned with our [forefathers,] & have committed [sins,] & have done wickedly. [Exodus 20:4-6 Thou [shal]l not make [for yourselves] any [carved] image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth [below,] or that is in the water under the earth.

You [shall] not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, Am a Jealous God, visiting the [sin] of the fathers, upon the children [until] the 3rd & 4th generation of [those who] hate Me. And [demonstrating] mercy to 1,000's of [those who] love Me.]

Our [forefathers didn't understand] Your wonders, [a.k.a. miracles,] in Egypt. They [didn't remember] the multitude of Your mercies; but [provoked] Him at the sea, even at the Red Sea. [Exodus 14:10-12 And when Pharaoh drew [near,] the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel lifted up their eyes, & [saw] the Egyptians marched after them.

And they were [extremely] afraid, & the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel cried out to the Lord. And they said to Moses, [Have] you taken us away to die in the wilderness, because there were no graves in Egypt?

[For what reason, have] you dealt [like this] with us, to carry us [forward] out of Egypt? [Didn't] we tell you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, [so] that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.]

[Still, the Lord God] saved them for His Name's sake, [so] that He might make His mighty power known. [Exodus 9:14-16 For I will at this time, send all My plagues upon your heart, & upon your servants, & your people; [so] that you [may] know that there is none like Me in all the earth.

For now, I will stretch out My hand, [so] that I may [strike] you, & your people with pestilence; & you [shall] be cut off from the earth. And [indeed,] for this very [reason,] I have raised you up, [in order] to [demonstrate within] you My power, & that My Name may be declared throughout all the earth.]

Also, He rebuked the Red Sea, & it was dried up: so He led them through the depths, [like] through the wilderness. [Exodus 14:21-22 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, & the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong East wind all that night, & made the sea dry land, & the waters were divided.

And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel went into the midst of the [Red] Sea upon the dry ground, & the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, & on their left.]

And He saved them from the hand of him, [who] hated them, & redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies. There wasn't one of them left. Then, they believed His Words, & they sang His praise.

[Exodus 14:30-31 [Like this,] the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; & Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. And Israel saw that great work [that] the Lord did upon the Egyptians, & the people feared, [a.k.a. respected,] the Lord, & believed the Lord, & His servant, Moses.]

They soon [forgot] His works, & they [didn't wait] for His [advice;] but exceedingly lusted in the wilderness, & [tested] God in the desert. And He gave them their request; but sent [emptiness] into their [souls.]

[Numbers 11:31-32 And a wind went [out] there from the Lord, & brought quails from the sea, & let them fall by the camp, [like] it were a day's journey on [every] side [all around] the camp, & [like] it [was] 2 cubits high upon the [surface] of the earth.

And the people stood up all that: day, & night, & they gathered the quails. He [who] gathered the least, gathered 10 homers, & they spread them all [around] for themselves [all around] the camp.]

Also, they envied Moses in the camp, & Aaron, the [Lord's] saint. [Numbers 16:2-3 And they rose up [in front of] Moses, with [some] of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, & 250 princes [from] the assembly, famous men of [distinction] in the congregation.

And they gathered themselves together against: Moses & Aaron, & said to them, You take too much upon  [yourselves, since] all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, & the Lord is among them. [For what reason,] then [do] you lift yourselves above the [Lord's] congregation?]

The earth opened & swallowed up Dathan, & covered the company of Abiram. And a fire was [ignited,] in their company; & the flame burned up the wicked. They made a calf in Horeb, & worshiped the [molded] image.

[Exodus 32:3-5 And all the people [broke] off the golden earrings [that] were in their ears, & brought them to Aaron. And he received them [from] their hand, & fashioned it with an [engraving] tool, after he had made it a [molded] calf.

And they said, These [are] your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar [in front of] it. And Aaron made [a] proclamation, & said, Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.]

[Like this,] they changed their glory into the [shape] of an ox that [eats] grass. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness, [those] who have [abandoned] Me, & have burned incense to other gods, & worshiped the works [made from] their own hands.]

They [forgot] God, their [Savior, Who] had done great things in Egypt: wondrous works in the land of Ham, & [terribly awesome] things by the Red Sea. Therefore, He said that He would destroy them [if] Moses, His chosen, hadn't stood [in front of] Him in the [torn relationship,] to turn away His [fury,] lest He should destroy them.

[Yes,] they despised the pleasant land, & they [didn't believe] His Word, but [grumbled] in their tents, & [didn't pay attention] to the voice of the Lord. [Numbers 14:2-3 And all the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel [grumbled] against Moses & Aaron.

And the whole congregation said to them, [We wanted] God, that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would [rather] God, that we had died in this wilderness! And [for what reason has] the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, [so] that our wives & our children should be [easy] prey? [Wouldn't] it not [be] better for us to return into Egypt?]

Therefore, He lifted up His hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness, & to also overthrow their seed, [a.k.a. descendants,] among the nations, & to scatter them in the lands. They also joined themselves to Baal Peor, & ate the sacrifices of the dead.

[Numbers 25:2-3 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, & the people [ate,] & bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined [itself] to Baal Peor, & the anger of the Lord [grew] against Israel.]

[By this,] they provoked Him to anger with their inventions, & the plague [broke out] upon them. Then, Phinehas stood up, & [delivered] judgment, & so the plague was [stopped.] And that was [considered for Phinehas as] righteousness [for] all generations forever more. [Numbers 25:7-9 And when Phinehas, [Eleazar's] son, [who was:] the son of Aaron, the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, & took a javelin in his hand. And he went into the tent after the man [from] Israel, & thrust both of them through their belly, the man [from] Israel, & the woman. So, the plague was [stopped] from the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel. And those [who] died in the plague were 24,000.]

They also angered Him at the waters of strife, so that it went [poorly for] Moses for their sakes; because they provoked [Moses'] spirit, so that he [spoke impulsively] with his lips, [a.k.a. mouth.]

[Numbers 20:10-12 And Moses & Aaron gathered the congregation together [in front of] the rock, & he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, & he [struck] the rock twice with his rod, & the water came out abundantly, & the congregation, & their [animals] also drank.

And the Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron, Because you [didn't believe] Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore, you shall not bring this congregation into the land [that] I have given them.]

They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them. [Judges 1:21 And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Benjamin didn't drive out the Jebusites, [who] inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites [live] with the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.]

But were [mixed] among the heathen, & learned their works. And they served their idols, which were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & their daughters to [demons,] & shed innocent blood, even the blood of their: sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

And the land was polluted with [bloodshed.] They were defiled [like this] with their own works, & went [like] [unfaithful harlots] with their own inventions.

[Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves & come. Draw near together, you [who have] escaped [from] the nations. They have no knowledge, [who put] up the wood of their [carved] image, & pray to a god that cannot save.]

Therefore, the [fury] of the Lord [grew] against His people, [in that] He [loathed] His Own inheritance. And He gave them into the hand of the heathen. [Judges 2:12-13 And they [abandoned] the Lord God of their [forefathers, Who] brought them out of the land of Egypt, & followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were [all around] them. And bowed themselves to them, & provoked the Lord to anger. And they [abandoned] the Lord, & served Baal & Ashtaroth.]

And [those who] hated them, ruled over them. Also, their enemies oppressed them, & they were brought under [the control of] their hand. Many times, He [delivered] them; but they provoked Him with their [advice,] & were brought low for their [sins.]

[Judges 2:16-17 [However,] the Lord raised up judges, [who] delivered them out of the hand of those who [plundered] them. And [still] they wouldn't [pay attention] to their judges, but went [like] [an unfaithful harlot] after other gods, & bowed themselves to them. They turned quickly [from] the [path that] their [forefathers] walked, [a.k.a. followed,] in, [who] [obeyed] the commandments of the Lord, but they didn't [do] so.]

[Still,] when He heard their [out] cry, He [paid attention to] their affliction. [Judges 3:9 And when the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel cried [out] to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer [for] the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel, [Kenaz's] son, Caleb's younger brother.]

And He remembered His covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] for them, & [withdrew,] according to the multitude of His mercies. [Judges 2:18 And when the Lord raised up judges [for] them, then the Lord was with the judge, & delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For it [sorrowed] the Lord, because of their groanings, [because of those who] oppressed them, & [harassed] them.]

He also made them to be pitied [by] all those [who] carried them [away as] captives. [2 Chronicles 30:9 For if you [return] again to the Lord, your brethren & your children shall find compassion before [those who] lead them [away] captive. So, that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious & merciful, & will not turn His face away from you, if you return to Him.]

O Lord our God, Save us, & gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks to Your Holy Name, & to triumph in Your praise. [Philippians 2:5-11 Let [your] [minds within] you, also be [like that] in Christ Jesus, Who [is] in the [image] of God, & thought it not [a crime] to be equal with God. But made Himself of no reputation, [a.k.a. without status,] & was made in the likeness of men, & took upon [Himself] the [image] of a servant. And being found in [the image like] a man, He humbled Himself, & became obedient [until] death, even the death [on] the cross. *[For this reason,] God [has] also highly exalted Him, & [has] given Him a Name [that] is above every Name. That every knee should bow at the Name of Jesus, of things in heaven, & things [on] earth, & things under the earth. *And [so] that every tongue, [a.k.a. language,] should confess to the glory of God the Father, that Jesus Christ Is Lord.]

Blessed [is] the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise you the Lord.