Psalms 106

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

Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

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 Jehovah? [who] can shew forth all his praise?

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

Blessed are they that keep justice, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4 Remember us, O Lord, with the favour [you have] to your people: visit us with your salvation;

Remember me, O Jehovah, with [thy] favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:

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

That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not your wonders, and remembered not the multitude of your mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by the Red Sea.

Our fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, 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 his name's sake, that he might 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.

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a 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 oppressors: there was not one of them left.

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

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

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

They soon 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 lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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

Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

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

And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;

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

And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.

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

They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

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

And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

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.

Wondrous works 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.

And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy [them].

24 Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word.

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

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

But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

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

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

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

And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

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 Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

29 and destruction, was multiplied amongst them.

And they provoked [him] to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.

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 that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.

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

And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

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

For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

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

They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;

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

But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;

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

And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

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

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto 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.

And 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.

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

And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

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

Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;

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

And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

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

And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection 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.

Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked [him] by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.

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

But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;

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

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;

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

And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from amongst the heathen, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise.

Save us, Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] 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 Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!