Psalms 106:28-46

28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

29they aroused the Lord’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.

31This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32By the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

33for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses’ lips.

34They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them,

35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.

38They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.

39They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

40Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

41He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.

42Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

43Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

44Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;

45for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

46He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.