Psalms 106

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

Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

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

Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise?

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

How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest 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 look upon the welfare 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 acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;

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, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by 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 the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power;

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

So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;

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

And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;

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

So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.

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

They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.

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

Soon forgat they 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.

But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.

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

So 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 became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;

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

The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;

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

Then was kindled a fire in their assembly, —a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

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

They made a calf in Horeb, —and bowed down to a molten image;

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

Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

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

They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:

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

Wonders 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.

Then would he have bidden to destroy them, —had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

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

And they refused the delightful 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 Yahweh.

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

So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

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

And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.

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

Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:

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

So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.

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

Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

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

So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.

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

And they provoked by the waters of Meribah, —And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;

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

For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.

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

They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;

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

But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;

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

Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:

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

Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous 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 poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood-shed;

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

And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.

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

Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.

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

So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them;

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

And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down 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 times, did he rescue them, —But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity.

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

Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;

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

Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;

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

And granted them compassion before all their captors.

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 Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud 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 Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!