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Psalm 106
⁵ Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.
⁶ Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
⁷ Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.
⁸ Even so, he saved them— to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.
⁹ He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.
¹⁰ So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.
¹¹ Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.
¹² Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.
¹³ Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!
¹⁴ In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
¹⁵ So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.