32 Then at Meribah’s still waters
they provoked the LORD again.
33 They rebelled against God’s Spirit,
causing Moses bitter pain—
For he spoke, possessed by grief,
rashly and in unbelief.
34 They did not destroy the peoples
in accord with God’s command,
35 But they mixed with them, and followed
all the customs of the land,
36 Worshipping the idols there,
which to them became a snare.
37 Sons they sacrificed and daughters
to a Canaanitish god;
38 Thus the land was desecrated
by the stain of guiltless blood.
39 By their acts they were defiled—
into filthiness beguiled.
40 So the LORD was angry with them
and his people he abhorred—
41 Gave them over to the nations,
and their foe became their lord.
42 Subject to their enemy,
they were treated cruelly.
43 Many times he showed his power
by delivering his own,
But they set their heart on sinning
and rebelled against his throne.
In their sin they chose to stay
and they wasted quite away.
The psalm continues at Psalm 106E.
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