Psalms 106:28-46

28They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.

29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.

31And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.

32They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

33Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

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

35But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

36They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

37They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,

38And 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.

39Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.

40Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

41And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

43Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.

44Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;

45And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

46He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive.