Psalm 106:19-48 Et fecerunt vitulum
19 Israel made a bull-calf at Hor-eb *
and worshiped a mol-ten image;
20 And so they exchanged their Glo-ry *
for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.
21 They forgot God their Sav-ior, *
who had done great things in E-gypt,
22 Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *
and fearful things at the Red Sea.
23 So she would have destroyed them, had not Moses her chosen stood before her in the breach, *
to turn away her wrath from consum-ing them.
24 They refused the pleasant land *
and would not believe her prom-ise.
25 They grumbled in their tents *
and would not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 So she lifted her hand a-gainst them, *
to overthrow them in the wil-derness,
27 To cast out their seed among the na-tions, *
and to scatter them throughout the lands.
28 They joined themselves to Baal-Pe-or *
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29 They provoked her to anger with their ac-tions, *
and a plague broke out a-mong them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and inter-ced-ed, *
and the plague came to an end.
31 This was reckoned to him as righ-teousness *
throughout all generations for ev-er.
32 Again they provoked her anger at the waters of Mer-ibah, *
so that she punished Moses because of them;
33 For they so embittered his spir-it *
that he spoke rash words with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peo-ples *
as the LORD had com-man-ded them.
35 They intermingled with the hea-then *
and learned their pa-gan ways,
36 So that they worshiped their id-ols, *
which became a snare to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons *
and their daughters to ev-il spir-its.
38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daugh-ters, *
which they offered to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood.
39 Thus they were polluted by their ac-tions *
and went whoring in their ev-il deeds.
40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against her peo-ple *
and she abhorred her in-her-itance.
41 She gave them over to the hand of the hea-then, *
and those who hated them ruled o-ver them.
42 Their enemies op-pressed them, *
and they were humbled under their hand.
43 Many a time did she deliver them, but they rebelled through their own de-vi-ces, *
and were brought down in their in-i-quity.
44 Nevertheless, she saw their dis-tress, *
when she heard their la-men-ta-tion.
45 She remembered her covenant with them *
and relented in accordance with her great mer-cy.
46 She caused them to be pi-tied *
by those who held them cap-tive.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the na-tions, *
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 to ever-last-ing; *
and let all the people say, “Amen!” Hal-le-lu-jah!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. A-men.