Psalms 106

1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.

Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

2 Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard?

Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise?

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.

How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.

4 Remember us, O Lord, with the favour [thou hast] to thy people: visit us with thy salvation;

Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me, with thy salvation;

5 that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.

That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, That I may glory, with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.

We have sinned—with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;

7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, and remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by the Red Sea.

Our fathers, in Egypt, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea—at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

Yet he saved them, for the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power;

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.

So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;

10 And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy.

And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;

11 The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.

So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.

12 Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.

They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.

13 They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.

Soon forgat they his works, —They waited not for his counsel;

14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land].

But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.

15 And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.

So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

And they became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;

18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.

Then was kindled a fire in their assembly, —a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

19 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,

They made a calf in Horeb, —and bowed down to a molten image;

20 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

21 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;

They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:

22 wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.

Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.

23 So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

Then would he have bidden to destroy them, —had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

24 Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word.

And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;

25 And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

But murmured in their tents, —They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.

26 So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;

So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

27 and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.

28 They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;

Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:

29 and destruction, was multiplied among them.

So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.

30 Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.

Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

31 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.

So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.

32 They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;

And they provoked by the waters of Meribah, —And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;

33 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips.

For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.

34 They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy];

They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;

35 but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.

But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;

36 And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.

Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,

Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;

38 and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood-shed;

39 and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.

And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.

40 So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.

41 And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.

So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them;

42 Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.

And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.

43 Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

Many times, did he rescue them, —But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity.

44 Ye the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.

Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;

45 And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.

Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;

46 And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.

And granted them compassion before all their captors.

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, that we may glory in thy praise.

Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise.

48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.

Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!