Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Psalms 106:11-27 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

11. and drowned every oneof their enemies.

12. Then your people trusted youand sang your praises.

13. But they soon forgotwhat you had doneand rejected your advice.

14. They became greedy for foodand tested you therein the desert.

15. So you gave themwhat they wanted,but later you destroyed themwith a horrible disease.

16. Everyone in camp was jealousof Moses and of Aaron,your chosen priest.

17. Dathan and Abiram rebelled,and the earth opened upand swallowed them.

18. Then fire broke outand destroyed allof their followers.

19. At Horeb your peoplemade and worshipped the statue

20. of a bull, instead of you,their glorious God.

21. You worked powerful miraclesto save them from Egypt,but they forgot about you

22. and the fearsome thingsyou did at the Red Sea.

23. You were angry and startedto destroy them,but Moses, your chosen leader,begged you not to do it.

24. They would not trustyou, Lord,and they did not likethe promised land.

25. They would not obey you,and they grumbledin their tents.

26. So you threatened themby saying, “I'll kill youout here in the desert!

27. I'll scatter your childreneverywhere in the world.”