Psalms 106

1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.

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

2 Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard?

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

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

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

4 Remember us, O Lord, with the favour [thou hast] to thy people: visit us with thy salvation;

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

5 that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.

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 have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.

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

7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, and remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by 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 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

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

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.

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

10 And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy.

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

11 The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.

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

12 Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

13 They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.

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

14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land].

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

15 And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.

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

16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and 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 opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

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

18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.

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

19 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,

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

20 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

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

21 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;

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

22 wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.

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

23 So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

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 Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word.

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

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

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

26 So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;

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

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

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

28 They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;

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

29 and destruction, was multiplied among them.

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

30 Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.

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

31 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.

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

32 They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;

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

33 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips.

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

34 They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy];

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

35 but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36 And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.

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

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

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled 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 and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.

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

40 So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

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

41 And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.

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

42 Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.

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

43 Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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

44 Ye the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.

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

45 And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.

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

46 And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.

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

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, that we may glory in thy 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 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.

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