Psalms 106

1 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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

2 Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?

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

3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

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

4 Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;

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

5 So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

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

6 We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.

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

7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

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.

8 But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

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

9 By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

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

10 And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.

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

11 And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end.

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

12 Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

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

14 They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

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

15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.

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

16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

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

17 The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.

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

18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

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

19 They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

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

20 And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.

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

21 They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;

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

22 Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

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

23 And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

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.

24 They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

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

25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

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

26 So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:

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

27 That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.

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

28 And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.

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

29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

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

30 Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.

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

31 And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.

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

32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

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

33 For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

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

34 They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;

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

35 But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36 And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:

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

37 They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood.

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.

39 So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

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

40 Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.

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

41 And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.

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

42 By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.

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

43 Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

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

44 But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

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

45 And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

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

46 He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

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

47 Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

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.

48 Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.

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