Psalms 106

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

Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

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

Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise?

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

How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, 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 upon the welfare 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, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

We have sinned—with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;

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, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea—at the Red Sea.

8 And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

Yet he saved them, for the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power;

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

So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;

10 And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;

11 And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.

So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.

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

They believed therefore 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.

Soon forgat they 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.

But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.

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

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

16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

And they became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;

17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.

The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;

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

Then was kindled a fire in their assembly, —a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

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

They made a calf in Horeb, —and bowed down to a molten image;

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

Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

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

They forgat 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.

Then would he have bidden to destroy them, —had not Moses his chosen, 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 refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;

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

But murmured in their tents, —They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.

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

So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

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

And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.

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

Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:

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

So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.

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

Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

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

So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.

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

And they provoked by the waters of Meribah, —And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;

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

For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.

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

They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;

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

But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;

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

Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:

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

Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous 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 poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood-shed;

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

And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.

40 And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.

41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.

So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them;

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

And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down 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 rescue them, —But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity.

44 And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.

Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;

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

Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;

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

And granted them compassion 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 Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud 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 Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!