Psalms 106

1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

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

2 Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?

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

3 Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times.

4 Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your salvation,

Remember me, O Lord, when thou favorest thy people: oh visit me with thy salvation;

5 so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your 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, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

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

7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even 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 And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

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

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.

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 from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from 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 And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.

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

12 And they believed his words, and they sang his praises.

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

13 As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.

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

14 And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.

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

15 And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.

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

16 And they provoked Moses 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 Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.

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

18 And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.

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

19 And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.

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

20 And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.

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

21 They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:

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

22 miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.

Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

23 And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he 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 And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.

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

25 And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.

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

26 And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,

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

27 and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.

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

28 And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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

29 And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them.

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

30 Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased.

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

31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever.

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

32 And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them,

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

33 for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips.

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

34 They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.

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

35 And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,

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

36 and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.

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

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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

38 And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,

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 contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions.

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

40 And the Lord became furiously 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 the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.

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

42 And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.

And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand.

43 Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with 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 And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.

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

45 And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

46 And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them.

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 the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and glory in your 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 is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting even to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah.