Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word (106:24)

But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord (106:25)

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness (106:26)

To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands (106:27)

They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead (106:28)

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them (106:29)

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed (106:30)

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore (106:31)

They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes (106:32)

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips (106:33)

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them (106:34)

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works (106:35)

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them (106:36)

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils (106:37)

And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood (106:38)

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions (106:39)

Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance (106:40)

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them (106:41)

Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand (106:42)

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity (106:43)

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry (106:44)

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies (106:45)

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives (106:46)

Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise (106:47)

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord (106:48)

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