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22 wonders in the land of Ham,[a]
    and awesome deeds at the Red Sea.
23 He was contemplating their destruction,
    but Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach[b] before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24 [c]Then they derided the land of delights,[d]
    for they had no faith in his word.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:22 Land of Ham: see note on Ps 78:51.
  2. Psalm 106:23 Stood in the breach: see Ex 32:11-14, 31f.
  3. Psalm 106:24 The psalmist tells of the people’s refusal to capture Canaan via the southern route and their punishment of not entering the Promised Land (see Num 13–14; Deut 1–2).
  4. Psalm 106:24 Land of delights: see the description given in Jer 3:19; 12:10; Zec 7:14.

22 miracles in the land of Ham(A)
    and awesome deeds(B) by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy(C) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(D) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

24 Then they despised(E) the pleasant land;(F)
    they did not believe(G) his promise.

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