Psalms 106
1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.
2 Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?
Who can describe his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.
Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
4 Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.
Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.
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.
May I see the good fortune of your elect, may I share in the joy of your nation, and in the pride of your heritage.
6 We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.
We, like our fathers, have sinned, we have done perversely and 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.
In the land of Egypt our fathers, all heedless of your wonders, and unmindful of your great kindness, at the Red Sea defied the Most High.
8 And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.
But true to his name he saved them, in order to show 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.
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried; they marched through the depths as through desert,
10 And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
saved from the hand of the hostile, redeemed from the hand of the foe.
11 And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.
The waters covered their enemies: not one of them was left.
12 And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.
So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.
13 They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels.
But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not wait for his counsel.
14 And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.
Their greed was ravenous in the desert; they put God to the test in the wilderness.
15 And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.
He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.
16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
The camp grew jealous of Moses and of Aaron, holy one of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered Abiram’s company.
18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.
Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.
19 They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.
They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.
20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt
22 Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors 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.
So he vowed, and would have destroyed them, but for Moses his elect, who stepped into the breach before him, to divert his deadly wrath.
24 And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,
They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.
25 And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
They grumbled in their tents, would not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;
So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
27 And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.
28 They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Then they joined them to Baal of Peor, and ate what was offered the dead.
29 And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.
They provoked him to wrath by their deeds, and plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.
Then Phinehas stood between, and so the plague was stayed;
31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.
and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.
32 They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:
They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.
33 Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.
They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.
34 They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.
They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;
35 And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:
but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.
36 And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.
Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.
37 And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the 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,
They poured out innocent blood the blood of their sons and daughters whom they offered to Canaan’s idols, and the land was polluted with blood.
39 And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.
They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.
40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.
Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.
He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated them.
42 And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:
Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them 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.
Many a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.
44 And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.
Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
45 And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.
46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.
He caused them to be pitied by all who carried them captive.
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, O Lord our God, and gather us out of the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to make our boast of your 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 the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say ‘Amen.’ Praise the Lord.
