Psalms 106

1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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

2 Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

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

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

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

4 Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

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

5 That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

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.

6 We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

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

7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

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.

8 And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.

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

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

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

10 And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

11 And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

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

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

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels.

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

14 And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

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

15 And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

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

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

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

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

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

18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

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

19 They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

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

20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

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

21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

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

22 Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things 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 wrath, lest he should destroy them.

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].

24 And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

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

25 And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

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

26 And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

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

27 And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

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

28 They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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

29 And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

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

30 Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.

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

31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

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

32 They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

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

33 Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.

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

34 They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

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

35 And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

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

36 And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

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

37 And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

38 And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

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.

39 And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

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

40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

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

41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

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

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

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

43 Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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

44 And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

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

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

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

46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

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

47 Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.

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.

48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.

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