PRAYER PSALM 106
Baruch Ata,
YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi
(Bless
You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father).
Remember me, YHVH - Yeshua’tee (my Salvation),
with the favor You have toward all Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation, that I may see the benefit of Your chosen
ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and that I may glory
with Your inheritance. For I have sinned
with my forefathers. I have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly. I, just like my forefathers in Egypt, did not
understand Your wonders. They did not
remember the multitude of Your mercies, but rebelled by the sea--the Sea of Reeds.
Nevertheless, You, Elohey Yisrael (God
of Israel), saved them, for Your name's sake, that You might make Your mighty
power known.
You, El Shaddai (God Almighty), rebuked the Sea
of Reeds and it dried up; then You led them through the depths, as though it
were a wilderness. The waters covered
their enemies; there was not one of them left.
You saved them from the hand of him who hated them and redeemed them
from the hand of the enemy. Then they
believed Your words and sang Your praise.
However, they soon forgot Your works; they did not wait for Your
counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tested You, YHVH - Tzur
Yisrael (Rock of Israel), in the desert. You gave them their request, but sent leanness
into their soul.
They even envied Moshe, in the camp, and Aharon,
Your kadosh (holy/set-apart) one. They
made a calf in Horeb and worshiped the molded image thus changing their glory into
the image of an ox that eats grass. You,
Shofet Tzedek (Judge of Righteousness), kindled a fire in their company,
burning up the wicked in the flame. You
then opened up the earth and swallowed Dathan, covering the faction of Abiram.
They forgot You, Elohey Yeshua’teynu (God of
our Salvation), You Who had done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the
land of Ham, awesome things by the Red Sea. They complained in their tents and did not
heed Your voice, YHVH - Elohey Emet (God of Truth). Therefore You raised up Your hand in an oath
against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness, even to overthrow their
descendants and to scatter them into other nations and lands; all because they
did not believe Your word, that You, El Ne’eman (Faithful God), would bring
them into the pleasant land. Thus they
despised their own inheritance. Therefore You, YHVH - Elohey Avotey’nu (God of
our Fathers), said that You would destroy them, had not Moshe Your chosen one,
stood before You in the breach, to turn away Your wrath.
This was so even after all that they joined
themselves to Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices made to the dead, thus, provoking
You to anger with their deeds, and causing You to inflict them with a plague.
However, Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped. This was accounted to him for righteousness to
all his generations forevermore.
After You, Elohey Chesed (God of Mercy),
brought them into the land, they did not destroy the peoples, of whom You, YHVH
- Elohey Tzva’ot (God of the Armies), had commanded, but they mingled with the
Gentiles and learned their works. They
served their idols, which then became a snare to them. They even sacrificed their sons and their
daughters to the demon-idols of the Canaanites and shed innocent blood, until
the land was polluted with blood. Thus,
they were defiled by their own works and played the harlot by their own deeds. As a result, Your wrath, El Elyon (God Most
High), was kindled against Your people, so that You abhorred Your own
inheritance. You gave them into the hand
of the Gentiles, those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they
were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times, You delivered them; but they rebelled against Your counsel and
were brought low for their iniquity.
Nevertheless, You, El Ra’chum (Compassionate God), regarded their
affliction, when You heard their cry; and for their sake You remembered Your
covenant and relented, according to the multitude of Your mercies. You also made them to be pitied by all those
who carried them away captive.
O YHVH,
Elohey Yeshua’tee (God of my Salvation), may I learn from the history of my
forefathers, for You are Elohey’nu (our
God), Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov (God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob). Save us and gather us from among the Gentiles,
so that we will give thanks to Your Kadosh (holy/set-apart) Name, and triumph
in Your praise.
I, therefore, give You thanks for You are so good! Your mercy endures forever. For who can utter Your mighty acts? Who can declare all Your praise? I am blessed
when I keep justice, and do righteousness at all times. I bless You, YHVH, Elohey Yisrael (God of
Israel), from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say,
"Amen!" Praise YHVH! Praise You,
YHVH - Elohey Chesed (God of Mercy)!
Hallelu-Yah!!!
For You, YHVH, are Elohim. You
are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov. Avi the Almighty reigns!
