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 his goodness, for his kindness 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 his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?
3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
4 Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;
Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.
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.
May I see the good fortune of your elect, may I share in the joy of your nation, and in the pride of your heritage.
6 We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.
We, like our fathers, have sinned, we have done perversely and 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.
In the land of Egypt our fathers, all heedless of your wonders, and unmindful of your great kindness, at the Red Sea defied the Most High.
8 But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.
But true to his name he saved them, in order to show his might.
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; they marched through the depths as through 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.
saved from the hand of the hostile, redeemed from the hand of the foe.
11 And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end.
The waters covered their enemies: not one of them was left.
12 Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.
So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.
13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,
But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not 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.
Their greed was ravenous in the desert; they put God to the test in the wilderness.
15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.
He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.
16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
The camp grew jealous of Moses and of Aaron, holy one of the Lord.
17 The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered Abiram’s company.
18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.
Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.
19 They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.
They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.
20 And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.
21 They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt
22 Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.
Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors 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 vowed, and would have destroyed them, but for Moses his elect, who stepped into the breach before him, to divert his deadly wrath.
24 They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;
They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.
25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.
They grumbled in their tents, would 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 swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
27 That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.
to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.
28 And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.
Then they joined them to Baal of Peor, and ate what was offered the dead.
29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.
They provoked him to wrath by their deeds, and plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.
Then Phinehas stood between, and so the plague was stayed;
31 And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.
and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.
32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;
They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.
33 For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.
34 They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;
They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;
35 But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.
but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.
36 And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:
Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.
37 They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the 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 poured out innocent blood the blood of their sons and daughters whom they offered to Canaan’s idols, and the land was polluted with blood.
39 So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.
40 Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.
Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.
He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated 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 a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.
44 But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:
Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
45 And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.
46 He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.
He caused them to be pitied by all who carried 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 out of the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to make our boast of 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. And let all the people say “Amen.” Praise the Lord.
