Psalms 106

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

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

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

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

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

O the blessedness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O YHWH, With the favor of Your people, Look after me in Your 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.

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, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, 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 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 And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

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

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

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

And they sacrifice their sons and their daughters to the demons,

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

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

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

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

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

And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

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

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

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

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

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

And He appoints them for mercies Before all their captors.

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