Psalms 106

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

Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness.

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

Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can publish all his praise?

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

Happy are those that observe justice, that execute 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, when thou favorest thy people: oh visit me with thy 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 look on the happiness of thy elect, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glorify myself with thy inheritance.

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

We have sinned together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done 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 did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses; but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might.

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 also, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10 And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of 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 water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.

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

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

Then believed they in his words, they sang his praise.

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

Speedily they forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel;

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

And they felt a lustful longing in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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

And he gave them what they had asked; but sent dryness into their soul.

16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and 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 and swallowed up Dathan, and covered over the company of Abiram.

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

And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the wicked.

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

They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed themselves down to a molten image.

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

And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs.

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

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

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

Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things 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.

He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy.

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

And they despised the pleasant land, they believed not in his word;

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

But they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

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

He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness;

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

And to let their seed fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

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

And they joined themselves unto Ba'al-pe'or, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 and destruction, was multiplied among them.

And they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague.

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

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

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

And it was accounted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore.

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

They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, and evil happened to Moses for their sake;

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

Because they had embittered his spirit, and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

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

They did not exterminate the nations, that the Lord had indicated to them;

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

But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings.

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

And they served their idols, and these became unto them a snare.

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

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits;

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.

And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood-guiltiness.

39 and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.

Thus were they made unclean through their own doings, and went astray with their own deeds.

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

therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and be felt disgust for his own inheritance.

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

And he gave them up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them.

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

And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued 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 did he deliver them; but they rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity.

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

Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.

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

And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses;

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

And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away 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 among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, to triumph in thy 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 even to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah.