Psalms 106

1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

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

4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

5 that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

7 Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

8 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.

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

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels.

14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

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

17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

20 They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

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

They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

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

Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

23 So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

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

26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

27 to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

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

28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.

31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.

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

They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

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

And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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

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

And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

45 And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

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

46 He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.

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

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.