Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 106:28-46

28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.29So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.31It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32At the waters of Meribah1 they angered the LORD,and trouble came to Moses because of them.33For they rebelled against His Spirit,2and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

34They did not destroy the peoplesas the LORD had commanded them,35but they mingled with the nationsand adopted their customs.36They worshiped their idols,which became a snare to them.37They sacrificed their sonsand their daughters to demons.38They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters,whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,and the land was polluted with blood.39They defiled themselves by their actionsand prostituted themselves by their deeds.

40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people,and He abhorred His own inheritance.41He delivered them into the hand of the nations,and those who hated them ruled over them.42Their enemies oppressed themand subdued them under their hand.43Many times He rescued them,but they were bent on rebellionand sank down in their iniquity.

44Nevertheless He heard their cry;He took note of their distress.45And He remembered His covenant with them,and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.46He made them objects of compassionto all who held them captive.

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Notes

1. Psalms 106:32 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7. ↩
2. Psalms 106:33 Or they provoked His Spirit ↩

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