22 They forgot his deeds in Egypt,
marvels in the land of Ham.
23 So he said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his own man,
stood before God in the path,
shielding them from righteous wrath.
24 Then they scorned the land of plenty;
they did not believe his word.
25 In their tents they grumbled at him,
and did not obey the LORD.
26 So he vowed, with upraised hand,
they would fall in desert sand.
27 Their descendants he would punish—
scatter over lands abroad.
28 Yet they yoked themselves to Baal,
worshipping a lifeless god.
29 Their transgressions God abhorred;
so a plague came from the LORD.
30 But when Phinehas took action
and ungodliness defied,
then the deadly plague was halted,
31 and his deed was ratified
by the LORD as rightly done,
for the ages yet to come.
The psalm continues at Psalm 106D.
– Sing Psalms, alt.
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