Psalm 106
Confitemini Domino
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They made a calf in Horeb *
and worshipped a molten image.
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Thus they exchanged their glory *
for the image of a calf that feeds on hay.
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And they forgot God their Savior *
who had done 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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Then they scorned that pleasant land *
and gave no credence to his word,
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But murmured in their tents *
and did not hearken to the voice of the Lord.
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Then he lifted 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 all the lands.
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They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *
and ate the offerings to the dead.
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Thus they provoked him to anger with their wanton deeds, *
and the plague broke out among them.
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Then Phineas stood up and interceded, *
and so the plague was ended;
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And that was counted to him as righteousness *
among all generations for evermore.
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They angered him also at the waters of strife, *
so that he punished Moses for their misdeeds;
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For they provoked him to anger, *
so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
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Neither did they destroy the peoples *
as the Lord commanded them,
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But intermingled among the nations *
and learned their heathen ways,
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So that they worshipped their idols, which became a snare to them; *
they offered their sons and their daughters to demons,
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And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, *
whom they offered to the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.
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Thus were they defiled by their own works *
and went whoring with their own deeds.
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Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, *
and he abhorred his own inheritance.
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And he gave them over into the hands of the nations, *
and those who hated them were lords over them.
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Their enemies oppressed them *
and held them in subjection.
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Many a time did he deliver them, *
but they rebelled against him through their own devices, and were brought down in their wickedness.
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Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity, *
when he heard their lamentation,
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He remembered his covenant and pitied them, according to the multitude of his mercies; *
he made all those who led them away captive to pity them.
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Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, *
that we may give thanks to your holy Name and make our boast of your 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.” Praise the Lord.