Psalm 106

Part II

Et fecerunt vitulum

19

Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb *

and worshiped a molten image;

20

And so they exchanged their Glory *

for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

21

They forgot God their Savior, *

who had done great things in Egypt,

22

Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *

and fearful things at the Red Sea.

23

So he would have destroyed them,

had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, *

to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

24

They refused the pleasant land *

and would not believe his promise.

25

They grumbled in their tents *

and would not listen to the voice of the Lord.

26

So he lifted his hand against them, *

to overthrow them in the wilderness,

27

To cast out their seed among the nations, *

and to scatter them throughout the lands.

28

They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

29

They provoked him to anger with their actions, *

and a plague broke out among them.

30

Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *

and the plague came to an end.

31

This was reckoned to him as righteousness *

throughout all generations for ever.

32

Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, *

so that he punished Moses because of them;

33

For they so embittered his spirit *

that he spoke rash words with his lips.

34

They did not destroy the peoples *

as the Lord had commanded them.

35

They intermingled with the heathen *

and learned their pagan ways,

36

So that they worshiped their idols, *

which became a snare to them.

37

They sacrificed their sons *

and their daughters to evil spirits.

38

They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters, *

which they offered to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was defiled with blood.

39

Thus they were polluted by their actions *

and went whoring in their evil deeds.

40

Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against his people *

and he abhorred his inheritance.

41

He gave them over to the hand of the heathen, *

and those who hated them ruled over them.

42

Their enemies oppressed them, *

and they were humbled under their hand.

43

Many a time did he deliver them,

but they rebelled through their own devices, *

and were brought down in their iniquity.

44

Nevertheless, he saw their distress, *

when he heard their lamentation.

45

He remembered his covenant with them *

and relented in accordance with his great mercy.

46

He caused them to be pitied *

by those who held them captive.

47

Save us, O Lord our God,

and gather us from among the nations, *

that we may give thanks to your holy Name

and glory in your praise.

48

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting and to everlasting; *

and let all the people say, “Amen!”

Hallelujah!