Psalms 106

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

Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks 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 can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?

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

Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise righteousness at all times!

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

Remember me, O LORD! with the favor promised to thy people; O visit me 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 I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy people, 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 committed iniquity; we have done 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 did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, the Red sea.

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

Yet he saved them for his own 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.

He rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep as through a desert.

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

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.

The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

12 Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Then believed they his words, And sang his praise.

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

But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.

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

They gave way to appetite in the wilderness, And tempted 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 upon them leanness.

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

They also envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

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

Then 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 flames 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.

They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.

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

They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

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

Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at 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.

Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.

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

They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;

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

But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.

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

Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

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

That he would overthrow their descendants 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 also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.

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

Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.

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

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment, And the plague was stayed.

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

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

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 Meribah [[strife]], And evil befell Moses on their account.

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

For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.

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

They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.

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

They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.

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

They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to 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, The blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to 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 they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.

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

Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own 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 who hated them ruled over them.

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

Their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down 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 provoked him by their devices, And they were brought low for their iniquities.

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

Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;

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

He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,

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

And caused them to find pity Among all 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 Jehovah, our God! and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to thy holy name, And 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise ye Jehovah!]