Psalms 106
1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.
Hallelujah. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can describe his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?
Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?
3 Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.
Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation;
5 May I see the good fortune of your elect, may I share in the joy of your nation, and in the pride of your heritage.
That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance.
6 We, like our fathers, have sinned, we have done perversely and wickedly
We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.
7 In the land of Egypt our fathers, all heedless of your wonders, and unmindful of your great kindness, at the Red Sea defied the Most High.
Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8 But true to his name he saved them, in order to show his might.
Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried; they marched through the depths as through desert,
And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
10 saved from the hand of the hostile, redeemed from the hand of the foe.
And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their enemies: not one of them was left.
And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.
12 So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.
Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.
13 But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not wait for his counsel.
They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;
14 Their greed was ravenous in the desert; they put God to the test in the wilderness.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.
15 He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.
And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 The camp grew jealous of Moses and of Aaron, holy one of the Lord.
They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered Abiram’s company.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
20 They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.
Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt
They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors by the Red Sea.
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
23 So he vowed, and would have destroyed them, but for Moses his elect, who stepped into the breach before him, to divert his deadly wrath.
Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.
24 They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.
Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;
25 They grumbled in their tents, would not listen to the voice of the Lord.
And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;
27 to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.
And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
28 Then they joined them to Baal of Peor, and ate what was offered the dead.
They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 They provoked him to wrath by their deeds, and plague broke out among them.
Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
30 Then Phinehas stood between, and so the plague was stayed;
Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
31 and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.
32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.
They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;
33 They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.
For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them;
35 but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.
But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;
36 Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.
And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
38 They poured out innocent blood the blood of their sons and daughters whom they offered to Canaan’s idols, and the land was polluted with blood.
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
39 They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.
Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.
40 Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.
41 He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated them.
And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.
43 Many a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.
Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.
44 Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry;
45 He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.
And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
46 He caused them to be pitied by all who carried them captive.
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us out of the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to make our boast of your praise.
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say ‘Amen.’ Praise the Lord.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.
