Psalms 106:34-46

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

35Instead they mingled with the nations and learned their practices.

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

37They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and their daughters, sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. So the land was desecrated with blood.

39So they defiled themselves by their deeds, and prostituted themselves by their practices.

40Therefore the anger of Adonai was kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.

41He handed them to the nations— those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies oppressed them, so they were subdued under their hand.

43Many times He delivered them, but they kept rebelling deliberately, and so sank low into their iniquity.

44Yet He saw their distress, when He heard their cry,

45remembered His covenant to them, and relented in the greatness of His mercy.

46He caused them to be pitied in the presence of all their captors.