Psalms 106
1 Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
Who can give an account of all the wonderful things the Lord has done? Who can give him all the praise he is due?
3 Blessed are they that keep justice, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Happy are those who treat people fairly, who always do what is right.
4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with [thy] favour toward thy people; visit me with thy salvation:
Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.
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.
Let me see your chosen people prosperous; let me be happy together with your nation; let me share in being proud of you with those who belong to you.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
We have sinned just like our forefathers. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
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.
They didn't pay attention to the wonderful things you did. They didn't keep in mind how much you loved them, but chose to rebel at the sea, the Red Sea.
8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
Even so he saved them because of the kind of person he is, and to show his power
9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.
He gave his order to the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led his people across the seabed as if it were 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 rescued them from those who hated them; he saved them from their enemies' power.
11 And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.
The water drowned their enemies—none of them survived,
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.
13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
But they quickly forgot what he had done for them, and they didn't listen to his advice.
14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.
15 Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
He gave them what they wanted, but sent them a plague as well.
16 And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
The earth split open and swallowed up Dathan; it buried Abiram and his followers.
18 And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
Fire broke out among them—a flame that burned them up.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;
At Mount Sinai they made a calf, they bowed down before a metal idol.
20 And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They replaced their God of glory with a bull that eats grass!
21 They forgot God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done marvelous things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
performing miracles in the land of Ham, doing amazing 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 he was going to destroy them But Moses, his chosen leader, placed himself between the Lord and the people to persuade the Lord not to destroy them in his anger.
24 And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,
Later the people refused to enter the Promised Land; they didn't trust him to do as he'd promised.
25 But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
They complained in their tents about the Lord, and refused to obey what he told them.
26 And he lifted up his hand to them, that he would make them fall in the wilderness;
So he raised his hand to give them a serious warning that he would bring them down in the wilderness,
27 And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
that he would disperse their descendants among the heathen nations, scattering them among countries far away.
28 And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;
They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor, and ate food sacrificed to the dead.
29 And they provoked [him] to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.
They provoked the Lord by what they did, making him angry, so a plague broke out among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment, and the plague was stayed;
But Phinehas took a stand for the Lord and intervened, and the plague was stopped in its tracks.
31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.
He has been considered as a man who lived right from that time on and for all generations.
32 And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
They also angered him at the waters of Meribah where things went badly for Moses because of them.
33 For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
They upset him so much that he spoke without thinking in the heat of the moment.
34 They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;
They did not destroy the heathen peoples as the Lord had told them to do,
35 But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.
36 And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:
They worshiped their pagan idols which became a trap for them.
37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
The even sacrificed their sons and daughters to these 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 the blood of innocent children, their sons and daughters, sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan. By doing so they defiled the land with blood.
39 And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.
The also defiled themselves by what they did: their actions were spiritual adultery.
40 Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;
So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:
He handed them over to the heathen nations. These people who hated them now became their rulers.
42 And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Their enemies dominated and subdued them with their power.
43 Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked [him] by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
The Lord repeatedly rescued them, but they continued with their rebellious ideas, until they were finally destroyed by their own sins.
44 But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;
Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;
He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness and love.
46 And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.
He made the people who captured them treat them with mercy.
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, Lord, our God! Bring us back together from among the nations, so we can thank you and declare how magnificent and holy you are.
48 Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah!
How wonderful is the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives forever and ever! Let all the people say “Amen”! Praise the Lord!
