Psalms 106

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

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? [who] can shew forth all his praise?

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

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

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

5 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.

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

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

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

7 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.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.

The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

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

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

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

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

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

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

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

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

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

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

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

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

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

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23 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].

So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

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

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

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

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

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

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

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

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

28 And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

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

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

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

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

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

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

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

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

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

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

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

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

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

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 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.

They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

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

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

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

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

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

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

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

Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

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

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

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

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

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

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

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

He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

47 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.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

48 Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!