This is the last psalm in book 4 of the psalms and it starts giving thanks to the Lord because he is good, and his love endures forever. The psalm confesses Israel's repeated sin in stark contrast to God's steadfast love and goodness. It recalls Israel's sin-prone history from the Red Sea to the Babylonian exile showing God's great mercy. Israel "soon forgot what God had done for them at the Red Sea... at Horeb they made a golden calf... they despised the land and grumbled in their tents... they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor... by the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord... they sacrificed their children to demons... so the Lord was angry with his people."
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