Psalms 106

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

Hallelujah. O give thanks unto 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 can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?

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

Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at 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 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 have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.

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

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 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 through 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 him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.

12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.

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

They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;

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

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.

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

And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the 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 up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

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

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

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

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

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

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

Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

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

They forgot God their saviour, 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 Ham, terrible things by 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.

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

Moreover, they scorned 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 unto the voice of the LORD.

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

Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

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

And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

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

They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, 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.

Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

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

Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

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

And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.

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

They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;

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

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

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

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

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

But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;

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

And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

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

Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.

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

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against 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 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 times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.

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

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry;

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

And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.

46 He made them objects of compassion to all who held 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 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 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. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.