Verse 5
Psalms 106:5
Free Bible Version
5
Let me see your chosen people prosperous; let me be happy together with your nation; let me share in being proud of you with those who belong to you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לִ/רְא֤וֹת בְּ/ט֘וֹבַ֤ת בְּחִירֶ֗י/ךָ לִ֭/שְׂמֹחַ בְּ/שִׂמְחַ֣ת גּוֹיֶ֑/ךָ לְ֝/הִתְהַלֵּ֗ל עִם נַחֲלָתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
To see the goodness of your chosen ones, to rejoice in the joy of your nation, to glory with your inheritance.
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Chapter 106 Context
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Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.
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Who can give an account of all the wonderful things the Lord has done? Who can give him all the prai...
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Happy are those who treat people fairly, who always do what is right.
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Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.
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Let me see your chosen people prosperous; let me be happy together with your nation; let me share in...
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We have sinned just like our forefathers. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
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They didn't pay attention to the wonderful things you did. They didn't keep in mind how much you lov...
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Even so he saved them because of the kind of person he is, and to show his power
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He gave his order to the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led his people across the seabed as if it were...
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10
He rescued them from those who hated them; he saved them from their enemies' power.
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The water drowned their enemies—none of them survived,
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Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.
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But they quickly forgot what he had done for them, and they didn't listen to his advice.
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They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God (Elohim) in the desert...
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15
He gave them what they wanted, but sent them a plague as well.
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In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.
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17
The earth split open and swallowed up Dathan; it buried Abiram and his followers.
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Fire broke out among them—a flame that burned them up.
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At Mount Sinai they made a calf, they bowed down before a metal idol.
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They replaced their God (Elohim) of glory with a bull that eats grass!
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They forgot God (Elohim), their Savior, who had done marvelous things in Egypt;
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performing miracles in the land of Ham, doing amazing things at the Red Sea.
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So he said he was going to destroy them. But Moses, his chosen leader, placed himself between the Lo...
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Later the people refused to enter the Promised Land; they didn't trust him to do as he'd promised.
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They complained in their tents about the Lord, and refused to obey what he told them.
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So he raised his hand to give them a serious warning that he would bring them down in the wilderness...
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that he would disperse their descendants among the heathen nations, scattering them among countries...
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28
They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor, and ate food sacrificed to the dead.
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29
They provoked the Lord by what they did, making him angry, so a plague broke out among them.
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But Phinehas took a stand for the Lord and intervened, and the plague was stopped in its tracks.
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They did not destroy the heathen peoples as the Lord had told them to do,
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They shed the blood of innocent children, their sons and daughters, sacrificing them to the idols of...
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They also defiled themselves by what they did: their actions were spiritual adultery.
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So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.
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He handed them over to the heathen nations. These people who hated them now became their rulers.
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The Lord repeatedly rescued them, but they continued with their rebellious ideas, until they were fi...
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Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.
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38
He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness an...
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Save us, Lord, our God (Elohim)! Bring us back together from among the nations, so we can thank you...
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How wonderful is the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who lives forever and ever! Let all the peopl...
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