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106:1 Praise <01984> the Lord! Give thanks <03034> to the Lord <03068>, for <03588> he is good <02896>, and his loyal love <02617> endures <05769>! 106:2 Who <04310> can adequately recount <04448> the Lord’s <03068> mighty acts <01369>, or relate <08085> all <03605> his praiseworthy <08416> deeds? 106:3 How blessed <0835> are those who promote <08104> justice <04941>, and do <06213> what is right <06666> all <03605> the time <06256>! 106:4 Remember <02142> me, O Lord <03068>, when you show favor <07522> to your people <05971>! Pay attention <06485> to me, when you deliver <03444>, 106:5 so I may see <07200> the prosperity <02896> of your chosen ones <0972>, rejoice <08055> along with your nation <01471>, and boast <01984> along with <05973> the people who belong to you <05159>. 106:6 We have sinned <02398> like <05973> our ancestors <01>; we have done wrong <05753>, we have done evil <07561>. 106:7 Our ancestors <01> in Egypt <04714> failed <03808> to appreciate <07919> your miraculous deeds <06381>, they failed <03808> to remember <02142> your many <07230> acts of loyal love <02617>, and they rebelled <04784> at <05921> the sea <03220>, by the Red <05488> Sea <03220>. 106:8 Yet he delivered <03467> them for the sake <04616> of his reputation <08034>, that he might reveal <03045> his power <01369>. 106:9 He shouted <01605> at the Red <05488> Sea <03220> and it dried up <02717>; he led <01980> them through the deep <08415> water as if it were a desert <04057>. 106:10 He delivered <03467> them from the power <03027> of the one who hated <08130> them, and rescued <01350> them from the power <03027> of the enemy <0341>. 106:11 The water <04325> covered <03680> their enemies <06862>; not <03808> even one <0259> of them <01992> survived <03498>. 106:12 They believed <0539> his promises <01697>; they sang <07891> praises <08416> to him. 106:13 They quickly <04116> forgot <07911> what he had done <04639>; they did not <03808> wait <02442> for his instructions <06098>. 106:14 In the wilderness <04057> they had an insatiable <08378> craving <0183> for meat; they challenged <05254> God <0410> in the desert <03452>. 106:15 He granted <05414> their <01992> request <07596>, then struck <07971> them <05315> with a disease <07332>. 106:16 In the camp <04264> they resented <07065> Moses <04872>, and Aaron <0175>, the Lord’s <03068> holy priest <06918>. 106:17 The earth <0776> opened <06605> up <05921> and swallowed <01104> Dathan <01885>; it engulfed <03680> the group <05712> led by Abiram <048>. 106:18 Fire <0784> burned <01197> their group <05712>; the flames <03852> scorched <03857> the wicked <07563>. 106:19 They made <06213> an image of a calf <05695> at Horeb <02722>, and worshiped <07812> a metal idol <04541>. 106:20 They traded <04171> their majestic <03519> God for the image <08403> of an ox <07794> that eats <0398> grass <06212>. 106:21 They rejected <07911> the God <0410> who delivered <03467> them, the one who performed <06213> great <01419> deeds in Egypt <04714>, 106:22 amazing feats <06381> in the land <0776> of Ham <02526>, mighty <03372> acts by <05921> the Red <05488> Sea <03220>. 106:23 He threatened <0559> to destroy <08045> them, but <03884> Moses <04872>, his chosen one <0972>, interceded <06440> <06556> <05975> with him and turned back <07725> his destructive <07843> anger <02534>. 106:24 They rejected <03988> the fruitful <02532> land <0776>; they did not <03808> believe <0539> his promise <01697>. 106:25 They grumbled <07279> in their tents <0168>; they did not <03808> obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068>. 106:26 So he made a solemn vow <03027> <05375> that he would make <05307> them <01992> die <05307> in the desert <04057>, 106:27 make <05307> their descendants <02233> die <05307> among the nations <01471>, and scatter <02219> them among foreign lands <0776>. 106:28 They worshiped <06775> Baal of Peor <01187>, and ate <0398> sacrifices offered <02077> to the dead <04191>. 106:29 They made the Lord angry <03707> by their actions <04611>, and a plague <04046> broke out <06555> among them. 106:30 Phinehas <06372> took a stand <05975> and intervened <06419>, and the plague <04046> subsided <06113>. 106:31 This brought <02803> him a reward <06666>, an eternal gift <05769> <05704> <01755> <01755>. 106:32 They made <07107> him angry <07107> by <05921> the waters <04325> of Meribah <04808>, and Moses <04872> suffered <03415> because of <05668> them, 106:33 for <03588> they aroused <04784> his temper <07307>, and he spoke <0981> rashly <08193>. 106:34 They did not <03808> destroy <08045> the nations <05971>, as <0834> the Lord <03069> had commanded <0559> them <01992> to do. 106:35 They mixed <06148> in with the nations <01471> and learned <03925> their ways <04639>.

• Psa 106:1-48 -- Psalm 106

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• Red Sea

  [nave] RED SEA The locusts which devastated Egypt destroyed in, Ex. 10:19. Israelites cross; Pharaoh and his army drowned in, Ex. 14; 15:1, 4, 11, 19; Num. 33:8; Deut. 11:4; Josh. 2:10; 4:23; 24:6, 7; Judg. 11:16; 2 Sam. 22:16; Ne...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• PLAGUE

  [isbe] PLAGUE - plag (negha`, makkah, maggephah; mastix, plege): This word which occurs more than 120 times is applied, like pestilence, to such sudden outbursts of disease as are regarded in the light of divine visitations. It is ...
  

• Murmuring

  [ebd] of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses (Num. 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30, 31; 16:3; 21:4-6; Ps. 106:25). Forbidden by Paul (1 Cor. 10:10).
  

• Miracles

  [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...
  

• MOSES

  [isbe] MOSES - mo'-zez, mo'-ziz (mosheh; Egyptian mes, "drawn out," "born"; Septuagint Mouse(s)). The great Hebrew national hero, leader, author, law-giver and prophet. I. LIFE 1. Son of Levi 2. Foundling Prince 3. Friend of the Pe...
  

• MOLECH; MOLOCH

  [isbe] MOLECH; MOLOCH - mo'-lek, mo'-lok (ha-molekh, always with the article, except in 1 Ki 11:7; Septuagint ho Moloch, sometimes also Molchom, Melchol; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Moloch): 1. The Name 2. The Wors...
  

• Kadesh

  [ebd] holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the "wilderness" or "desert of Zin" (Gen. 14:7; Num. 13:3-26; 14:29-33; 20:1; 27:14)...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Idolatry

  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• Envy

  [isbe] ENVY - en'-vi (qin'ah; zelos, phthonos): "Envy," from Latin in, "against," and video, "to look," "to look with ill-will," etc., toward another, is an evil strongly condemned in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. I...
  [nave] ENVY See: Strife.Job 5:2, 3; Psa. 37:1, 7 Prov. 24:19. Psa. 49:16; Psa. 73:3 vs. 17-20.; Psa. 112:10; Prov. 3:31; Prov. 14:30; Prov. 23:17; Prov. 24:1; Prov. 27:4; Eccl. 4:4; Song 8:6; Isa. 26:11; Ezek. 35:11; Rom. 1:29; Rom...
  

• DESERT

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. midbar, "pasture-ground;" an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The "backside of the desert" (Ex. 3:1) is the west of the desert, the region behind a man, as the east is the region in front. The same H...
  [smith] Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered in the Authorized Version by "desert," when used in the historical books denote definite localities. ARABAH. This word means ...
  

• DATHEMA

  [isbe] DATHEMA - dath'-e-ma (Dathema): A stronghold (1 Macc 5:29) in Gilead to which the Jews fled for refuge from the heathen (1 Macc 5:9). They were delivered by Judas and Jonathan his brother. It was within a night's march from ...
  

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• CHANGE

  [isbe] CHANGE - chanj: A word which seeks to express the many shades of meaning contained in 13 variations of 9 Hebrew words and 5 Greek. These signify, in turn, "to change" "to exchange," "to turn," "to put or place," "to make oth...
  

• BREACH

  [isbe] BREACH - brech: Represented by (1) perets = "a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Gen 38:29; Jdg 21:15; 2 Sam 5:20; 1 Ch 15:13; Neh 6:1; Job 16:14; Ps 106:23; Isa 30:...
  

• Anger

  [nave] ANGER. Gen. 4:6; Gen. 49:7; 2 Chr. 28:9; Job 5:2; Job 19:29; Psa. 37:8; Psa. 55:3; Psa. 76:10; Prov. 6:34; Prov. 12:16; Prov. 14:17, 29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:14, 29, 32; Prov. 17:14; Prov. 19:11, 12, 19; Prov. 21:24; Pr...
  

• ABIRON

  [isbe] ABIRON - a-bi'-ron (Abeiron): (1) The Septuagint form (Ecclesiasticus 45:18 the King James Version) of Abiram, one of the sons of Eliab, who, with his brother Dathan, and with one of the same tribe, joined the conspiracy aga...
  

• Psalms 106: Confession of Sins

  

• The Pursuit and the Crossing

  

• Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

  

• The Golden Calf

  

• Tuntun Aku, Tuhan Allah [KJ.412] ( Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah )

  1. Tuntun aku, Tuhan Allah, lewat gurun dunia. Kau perkasa dan setia; bimbing aku yang lemah. Roti sorga, Roti sorga, puaskanlah jiwaku, puaskanlah jiwaku.	Mzm 73:23-24 Mzm 78 Mzm 106 Mzm 136 Kel 16 Yoh 6:32-58 Why 2:17
  2. Buka sumber Air Hidup, penyembuhan jiwaku, dan berjalanlah di muka dengan tiang awanMu. Jurus'lamat, Jurus'lamat, Kau Perisai hidupku, Kau Perisai hidupku.	Kel 17:6 Kel 13:21-22 Mzm 105:39-41
  3. Pada batas Sungai Yordan hapuskanlah takutku. Ya Penumpas kuasa maut, tuntun aku sertaMu. Pujianku, pujianku bagiMu selamanya, bagiMu selamanya.	Yos 3 2 Raj 2:6-12 Mzm 42:7-12 Mzm 114 1 Kor 15:54-56 2 Tim 1:10 Why 1:18
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• [Psa 106:1] O Render Thanks To God Above

  O render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love, Whose mercy firm through ages past Hath stood, and shall forever last. Who can His mighty deeds express, Not only vast, but numberless? What mortal eloquence can raise His tribute of immortal praise? Extend to me that favor, Lord, Thou to Thy chosen dost afford; When Thou return’st to set them free, Let Thy salvation visit me. O may I worthy prove to see Thy saints in full prosperity, That I the joyful choir may join, And count Thy people’s triumph mine!

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• [Psa 106:1] Praise Our Creator

  Praise our Creator and Savior eternal, Him Who redeemed us from death and the grave; Sing of His greatness, O hail and adore Him, Strong to deliver, and mighty to save. Refrain Praise Him, praise Him, Glory in the highest unto Him ascribing; Praise Him, praise Him, Blessèd be His Name, our Lord and King! Praise our Creator and gracious Defender, Rock where in safety we still may abide; He is our Shepherd, how gently He leads us, Where in the valley the cool waters glide. Refrain Praise our Creator, the Fountain of goodness, Now in His grandeur exalted above; Rest in His mercy and trust in His promise, Ever to keep us, upheld by His love. Refrain

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• [Psa 106:1] Praise To Thee And Adoration

  Praise to Thee and adoration, Blessèd Jesus, Son of God, Who, to serve Thine own creation, Didst partake of flesh and blood. Teach me that I never may From Thy fold or pastures stray, But with zeal and joy exceeding Follow where Thy steps are leading. Let me never, Lord, forsake Thee, E’en though bitter pain and strife On my way shall overtake me; But may I through all my life Walk in fervent love to Thee, In all woes for comfort flee To Thy birth, Thy death, and Passion, Till I see Thy full salvation.

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• [Psa 106:1] Praise Ye The Lord, For He Is Good

  Praise ye the Lord, for He is good; Give thanks and bless His Name; His lovingkindness changes not, From age to age the same. What tongue can tell His mighty deeds, His wondrous works and ways? O who can show His glory forth, Or utter all His praise? The Lord will bless and prosper those, Yea, blest indeed are they Whose ways are just, who constantly His righteous law obey. O Lord, remember me in grace, Let me salvation see; The grace Thou showest to Thy saints, That grace reveal to me. Let me behold Thy people’s good And in their joy rejoice; With Thy triumphant heritage Let me lift up my voice. In evil we have gone astray, And sinful is our race; Rebelliously our fathers walked, Forgetful of Thy grace. Though they rebelled, yet for their help In saving strength He came To make His power almighty known And glorify His Name. He brought them safely through the sea And overwhelmed their foes; Their faith was stirred, and for the time Their songs of praise arose. Forgetful soon, they tempted God Nor for His counsel cared; He sent them leanness in their souls, While they earth’s bounties shared. With envy they regarded those Whom God to them had sent; The opening earth, the kindling flame, Brought awful punishment. A golden image they adored, And worshipped at its shrine; Thus they despised the living God, And scorned His love divine. Their God and Savior they forgot, Their Helper and their Stay, But Moses pled the promised grace And turned God’s wrath away. Yea, they despised the pleasant land, The promised land of God, And tempted Him to make them fall And scatter them abroad. They sacrificed to heathen gods, And God their sin repaid; Then holy wrath avenged the wrong, And so the plague was stayed. The Lord approved the righteous act Of him who sin abhorred, And honored him forevermore With just and great reward. By wicked strife they angered God, His wrath they did provoke; And stirred by their rebellious cries, Their leader rashly spoke. Ensnared, they served the heathen gods, And by them were beguiled; The blood of children sacrificed The very land defiled. Against His own inheritance Jehovah’s wrath arose, His chosen people He condemned To serve their heathen foes. Though from their harsh oppressors’ hand Ofttimes He set them free, Rebellious still, they were brought low In their iniquity. When unto God they cried, He heard And turned again His face, In boundless love remembering The covenant of His grace. He even touched their captors’ hearts, And made their very foes Compassionate and pitiful To feel His people’s woes. Save us, O Lord, our gracious God, From alien lands reclaim, That we may triumph in Thy praise And bless Thy holy Name. Blest be the Lord our covenant God, All praise to Him accord; Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise ye, praise ye the Lord.

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• [Psa 106:1] To God The Great, The Ever Blest

  To God, the great, the ever blest, Let songs of honor be addressed; His mercy firm forever stands Give Him the thanks His love demands. Who knows the wonders of Thy ways? Who shall fulfill Thy boundless praise? Blest are the souls that fear Thee still, And pay their duty to Thy will. Remember what Thy mercy did For Jacob’s race, Thy chosen seed; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of Thy grace. O may I see Thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord, to be Joined to Thy saints, and near to Thee.

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• [Psa 106:2] O God, Thou Bottomless Abyss

  O God, Thou bottomless abyss! Thee to perfection who can know? O height immense! What words suffice Thy countless attributes to show? Unfathomable depths Thou art; O plunge me in Thy mercy’s sea! Void of true wisdom is my heart; With love embrace and cover me: While Thee, all-infinite, I set By faith before my ravished eye, My weakness bends beneath the weight; O’erpowered I sink, I faint, I die. Eternity Thy fountain was, Which, like Thee, no beginning knew; Thou wast ere time began his race, Ere glowed with stars the ethereal blue. Greatness unspeakable is Thine, Greatness, whose undiminished ray, When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine, When earth and Heaven are fled away. Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord, Essential life’s unbounded sea, What lives and moves, lives by Thy Word; It lives, and moves, and is from Thee. Thy parent-hand, Thy forming skill, Firm fixed this universal chain; Else empty, barren darkness still Had held his unmolested reign. Whate’er in earth, or sea, or sky, Or shuns or meets the wandering thought, Escapes or strikes the searching eye, By Thee was to perfection brought. High is Thy power above all height, Whate’er Thy will decrees is done; Thy wisdom, equal to Thy might, Only to Thee, O God, is known! Heaven’s glory is Thy awful throne, Yet earth partakes Thy gracious sway: Vain man! Thy wisdom folly own, Lost is thy reason’s feeble ray. What our dim eye could never see, Is plain and naked to Thy sight; What thickest darkness veils, to Thee Shines clearly as the morning light. In light Thou dwell’st; light that no shade, No variation, ever knew; Heaven, earth, and hell, stand all displayed, And open to Thy piercing view.

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• Why Did Moses Strike the Rock?
  The account in Num. 20 very clearly shows that Moses disobeyed the divine command in striking the rock as he did. For the moment he apparently lost his faith, and his temper as well. He had been explicitly instructed to "spea...
• What Does Redemption Do for Us?
  "Ye are bought with a price," says Paul (I Cor. 6:20, 7:23). This price is the blood of Christ and he was sent to effect our redemption with it (Acts 20:28; Gal. 4:4,5). And what were we redeemed from? From the bondage and cu...
• Who Are the "Blessed" We So Often Read About in the Bible?
  They are whom God chooses and calls (Ps. 65:4; Isa. 51:2; Rev. 19:9); they know Christ and his Gospel, believe and are not offended at Christ (Matt 16:16,17; Ps. 89:15; Matt 11:6; Luke 1:45). Their sins are forgiven and God i...
• Were the Jews Taught to Look Forward to a Heaven or Hell?
  From the first mention of the tree of life in Paradise, the eating of which would make immortal, the idea of a continued existence has had a place in Jewish theology. Many passages might be quoted to show this belief. See the...

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