Psalms 106

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

Praise YAH, give thanks to YHWH, for [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time!

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

Who utters the mighty acts of YHWH? Sounds all His praise?

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

O the blessedness of those keeping judgment, Doing 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 YHWH, With the favor of Your people, Look after me in Your 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.

To look on the good of Your chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Your nation, To boast myself with Your inheritance.

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

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, 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, Have not considered wisely Your wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Your kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the Sea of Suph.

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

And He saves them for His Name’s sake, To make His might known,

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

And rebukes the Sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causes them to go Through depths as 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 saves them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeems them from the hand of the enemy.

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

And waters cover their adversaries, One of them has not been left.

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

And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

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

They have hurried—forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

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

And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

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

And He gives to them their request, And sends leanness into their soul.

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

And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, YHWH’s holy one.

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

Earth opens, and swallows up Dathan, And covers over the company of Abiram.

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

And fire burns among their company, A flame sets the wicked on fire.

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

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

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

And change their glory Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

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

They have forgotten God their Savior, The doer of great things in Egypt,

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

Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the Sea of Suph.

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 commands to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

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

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

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

And they murmur in their tents, They have not listened to the voice of YHWH.

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

And He lifts up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

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

And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

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

And they are coupled to Ba‘al-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

29 and destruction, was multiplied amongst them.

And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaks forth on them,

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

And Phinehas stands, and executes judgment, And the plague is restrained,

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

And it is reckoned to him for righteousness, From generation to generation—for all time.

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

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

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

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaks wrongfully with his lips.

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

They have not destroyed the peoples, As YHWH had commanded to them,

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

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

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

And serve their idols, And they are for a snare to them.

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

And they sacrifice their sons and their daughters to the 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 they shed innocent blood—Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

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

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

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

And the anger of YHWH Is kindled against His people, And He detests His inheritance.

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

And gives them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

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

And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled 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.

He delivers them many times, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

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

And He looks on their distress When He hears their cry,

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

And remembers His covenant for them, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

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

And He appoints them for mercies Before all their captors.

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, O our God YHWH, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Your Holy Name, To 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 [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age until age. And all the people said, “Amen, praise YAH!”