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Psalm 106

1\xa0Praise the Lord.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0his love endures forever.

2\xa0Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0or fully declare his praise?
3\xa0Blessed are those who act justly,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0who always do what is right.

4\xa0Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0come to my aid when you save them,
5\xa0that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0that I may share in the joy of your nation
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and join your inheritance in giving praise.

6\xa0We have sinned, even as our ancestors did;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7\xa0When our ancestors were in Egypt,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0they gave no thought to your miracles;
they did not remember your many kindnesses,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
8\xa0Yet he saved them for his name\u2019s sake,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0to make his mighty power known.
9\xa0He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0he led them through the depths as through a desert.
10\xa0He saved them from the hand of the foe;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11\xa0The waters covered their adversaries;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0not one of them survived.
12\xa0Then they believed his promises
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and sang his praise.

13\xa0But they soon forgot what he had done
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
14\xa0In the desert they gave in to their craving;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0in the wilderness they put God to the test.
15\xa0So he gave them what they asked for,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0but sent a wasting disease among them.

16\xa0In the camp they grew envious of Moses
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17\xa0The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0it buried the company of Abiram.
18\xa0Fire blazed among their followers;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0a flame consumed the wicked.
19\xa0At Horeb they made a calf
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20\xa0They exchanged their glorious God
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21\xa0They forgot the God who saved them,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0who had done great things in Egypt,
22\xa0miracles in the land of Ham
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23\xa0So he said he would destroy them\u2014
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0to keep his wrath from destroying them.

24\xa0Then they despised the pleasant land;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0they did not believe his promise.
25\xa0They grumbled in their tents
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and did not obey the Lord.
26\xa0So he swore to them with uplifted hand
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27\xa0make their descendants fall among the nations
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and scatter them throughout the lands.

28\xa0They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29\xa0they aroused the Lord\u2019s anger by their wicked deeds,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and a plague broke out among them.
30\xa0But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and the plague was checked.
31\xa0This was credited to him as righteousness
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0for endless generations to come.
32\xa0By the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33\xa0for they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and rash words came from Moses\u2019 lips.

34\xa0They did not destroy the peoples
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0as the Lord had commanded them,
35\xa0but they mingled with the nations
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and adopted their customs.
36\xa0They worshiped their idols,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0which became a snare to them.
37\xa0They sacrificed their sons
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and their daughters to false gods.
38\xa0They shed innocent blood,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39\xa0They defiled themselves by what they did;
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

40\xa0Therefore the Lord was angry with his people
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and abhorred his inheritance.
41\xa0He gave them into the hands of the nations,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and their foes ruled over them.
42\xa0Their enemies oppressed them
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and subjected them to their power.
43\xa0Many times he delivered them,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0but they were bent on rebellion
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and they wasted away in their sin.
44\xa0Yet he took note of their distress
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0when he heard their cry;
45\xa0for their sake he remembered his covenant
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and out of his great love he relented.
46\xa0He caused all who held them captive
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0to show them mercy.

47\xa0Save us, Lord our God,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and gather us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0and glory in your praise.

48\xa0Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, \u201cAmen!\u201d

Praise the Lord.

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This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

As you journey on, go with the blessing of God: \xa0 \xa0

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping,
That awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep rest in his peace.
May Almighty God bless, preserve, and keep us, this day and forevermore.\xa0
Amen.