Psalm 106:6-8

The Voice

Psalm 106 was composed during the exile offering a historical review of the ways God’s people rebelled against Him. It is a fitting closure to Book Four of Psalms. After this liturgy of failure on the part of the people, the psalmist cries out in thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness and in the final verse proclaims praise “from everlasting to everlasting.”

⁶Like our ancestors, we have sinned;
    we have done wicked things.
⁷When our ancestors were leaving Egypt,
    they did not consider Your marvelous acts.
They forgot Your overwhelming kindness to them
    and instead rebelled at the Red Sea.^[a]
⁸Nevertheless, God saved them for the honor of His name
    so He could show His power to the world.