Psalms 106

1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

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

2 Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?

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

3 Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

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

4 Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your salvation,

Remember us, O Lord, with the favor [you have] to your people: visit us with your salvation;

5 so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.

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

6 We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

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

7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

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

8 And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

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

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.

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

10 And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

11 And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.

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

12 And they believed his words, and they sang his praises.

Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.

13 As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.

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

14 And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.

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

15 And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.

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

16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

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

17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.

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

18 And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.

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

19 And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.

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

20 And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.

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

21 They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:

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

22 miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.

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

23 And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.

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.

24 And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.

Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word.

25 And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.

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

26 And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,

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

27 and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.

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

28 And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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

29 And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them.

and destruction, was multiplied among them.

30 Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased.

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

31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever.

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

32 And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them,

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

33 for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips.

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

34 They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.

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

35 And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,

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

36 and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.

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

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,

38 And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,

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.

39 and was contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions.

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

40 And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

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

41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.

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

42 And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.

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

43 Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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

44 And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.

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

45 And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

46 And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them.

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

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and glory in your praise.

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

48 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.

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