Psalms 106
1 Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep justice, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with [thy] favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:
Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;
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.
So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.
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 did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.
9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.
By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.
11 And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.
And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.
13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,
14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
15 Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.
16 And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.
18 And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;
They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.
20 And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
21 They forgot God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,
They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear 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].
And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.
24 And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,
They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;
25 But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear 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 made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:
27 And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.
28 And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;
And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.
29 And they provoked [him] to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.
So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;
Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.
31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.
And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.
32 And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;
33 For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
34 They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;
They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;
35 But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.
36 And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:
And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:
37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,
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.
And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood.
39 And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.
So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
40 Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;
Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:
And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.
42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.
43 Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked [him] by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
44 But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;
But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
46 And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.
He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.
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.
Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have 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!
Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.
