Psalms 106

1 Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Praise YAH, give thanks to YHWH, for [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time!

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?

Who utters the mighty acts of YHWH? Sounds all His praise?

3 Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

O the blessedness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

Remember me, O YHWH, With the favor of Your people, Look after me in Your salvation.

5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

To look on the good of Your chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Your nation, To boast myself with Your inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers did not understand your wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Your wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Your kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the Sea of Suph.

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

And He saves them for His Name’s sake, To make His might known,

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

And rebukes the Sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causes them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

And He saves them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeems them from the hand of the enemy.

11 The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

And waters cover their adversaries, One of them has not been left.

12 Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

13 They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,

They have hurried—forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

14 but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

15 He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

And He gives to them their request, And sends leanness into their soul.

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the LORD’s saint.

And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, YHWH’s holy one.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

Earth opens, and swallows up Dathan, And covers over the company of Abiram.

18 A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

And fire burns among their company, A flame sets the wicked on fire.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

20 Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

And change their glory Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

They have forgotten God their Savior, The doer of great things in Egypt,

22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the Sea of Suph.

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he would not destroy them.

And He commands to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

25 but murmured in their tents, and did not listen to the LORD’s voice.

And they murmur in their tents, They have not listened to the voice of YHWH.

26 Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

And He lifts up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

27 that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

And they are coupled to Ba‘al-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaks forth on them,

30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

And Phinehas stands, and executes judgment, And the plague is restrained,

31 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

And it is reckoned to him for righteousness, From generation to generation—for all time.

32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

33 because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaks wrongfully with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

They have not destroyed the peoples, As YHWH had commanded to them,

35 but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

And serve their idols, And they are for a snare to them.

37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

And they sacrifice their sons and their daughters to the demons,

38 They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

And they shed innocent blood—Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

39 Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

40 Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

And the anger of YHWH Is kindled against His people, And He detests His inheritance.

41 He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

And gives them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

42 Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

43 He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

He delivers them many times, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

And He looks on their distress When He hears their cry,

45 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

And remembers His covenant for them, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

46 He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

And He appoints them for mercies Before all their captors.

47 Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

Save us, O our God YHWH, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Your Holy Name, To glory in Your praise.

48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!

Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age until age. And all the people said, “Amen, praise YAH!”