Psalms 106

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

Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.

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

Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard?

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

Blessed are they that keep judgement, and do righteousness at all times.

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

Remember us, O Lord, with the favour [you have] to your people: visit us 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 we may behold the good of your elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that we may glory with your inheritance.

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

We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.

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 understood not your wonders, and remembered not the multitude of your mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by 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 his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

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

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.

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

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

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

The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.

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

Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.

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

They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.

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

And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land].

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

And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.

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

They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

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

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

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

And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.

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

And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,

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

and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

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

They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;

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

wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at 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 that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

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

Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word.

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

And they murmured in their tents: they listened not 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 lifted up his hand against them, 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.

and to cast down their seed amongst the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

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

They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;

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

and destruction, was multiplied amongst them.

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

Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.

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

And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.

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

They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;

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

for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips.

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

They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy];

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

but were mingled with the heathen, and learnt their works.

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

And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.

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

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,

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 shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

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

and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.

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

So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

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

And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.

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

Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down 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.

Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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

You the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.

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

And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.

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

And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried 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 amongst the heathen, 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 God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.