Psalm 106
Confitemini Domino
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O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious *
and his mercy endureth for ever.
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Who can express the noble acts of the Lord *
or shew forth all his praise?
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Blessed are they that alway keep judgement *
and do righteousness.
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Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy people *
O visit me with thy salvation;
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That I may see the felicity of thy chosen *
and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.
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We have sinned with our fathers *
we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly.
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Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance *
but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red sea.
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Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name’s sake *
that he might make his power to be known.
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He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up *
so he led them through the deep, as through a wilderness.
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And he saved them from the adversaries’ hand *
and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
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As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them *
there was not one of them left.
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Then believed they his words *
and sang praise unto him.
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But within a while they forgat his works *
and would not abide his counsel.
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But lust came upon them in the wilderness *
and they tempted God in the desert.
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And he gave them their desire *
and sent leanness withal into their soul.
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They angered Moses also in the tents *
and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
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So the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan *
and covered the congregation of Abiram.
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And the fire was kindled in their company *
the flame burnt up the ungodly.
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They made a calf in Horeb *
and worshipped the molten image.
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Thus they turned their glory *
into the similitude of a calf that eateth hay.
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And they forgat God their Saviour *
who had done so great things in Egypt;
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Wondrous works in the land of Ham *
and fearful things by the Red sea.
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So he said, he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap *
to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.
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Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land *
and gave no credence unto his word;
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But murmured in their tents *
and hearkened not unto the voice of the lord.
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Then lift he up his hand against them *
to overthrow them in the wilderness;
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To cast out their seed among the nations *
and to scatter them in the lands.
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They joined themselves unto Baal-peor *
and ate the offerings of the dead.
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions *
and the plague was great among them.
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Then stood up Phinees and prayed *
and so the plague ceased.
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And that was counted unto him for righteousness *
among all posterities for evermore.
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They angered him also at the waters of strife *
so that he punished Moses for their sakes;
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Because they provoked his spirit *
so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
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Neither destroyed they the heathen *
as the Lord commanded them;
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But were mingled among the heathen *
and learned their works.
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Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay *
yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils;
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And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters *
whom they had offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.
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Thus were they stained with their own works *
and went a whoring with their own inventions.
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Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people *
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
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And he gave them over into the hands of the heathen *
and they that hated them were lords over them.
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Their enemies oppressed them *
and had them in subjection.
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Many a time did he deliver them *
but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness.
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Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity *
he heard their complaint.
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He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them according unto the multitude of his mercies *
yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them.
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Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen *
that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise.
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and world without end *
and let all the people say, Amen.