Psalms 106

1 Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.

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

2 Who can give an account of all the wonderful things the Lord has done? Who can give him all the praise he is due?

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

3 Happy are those who treat people fairly, who always do what is right.

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

4 Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.

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

5 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.

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 just like our forefathers. We have done wrong. We are guilty.

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

7 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.

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 Even so he saved them because of the kind of person he is, and to show his power

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

9 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.

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

10 He rescued them from those who hated them; he saved them from their enemies' power.

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

11 The water drowned their enemies—none of them survived,

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

12 Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 But they quickly forgot what he had done for them, and they didn't listen to his advice.

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

14 They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.

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

15 He gave them what they wanted, but sent them a plague as well.

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

16 In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.

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

17 The earth split open and swallowed up Dathan; it buried Abiram and his followers.

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

18 Fire broke out among them—a flame that burned them up.

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

19 At Mount Sinai they made a calf, they bowed down before a metal idol.

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

20 They replaced their God of glory with a bull that eats grass!

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

21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done marvelous things in Egypt;

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

22 performing miracles in the land of Ham, doing amazing things at the Red Sea.

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

23 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.

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 Later the people refused to enter the Promised Land; they didn't trust him to do as he'd promised.

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

25 They complained in their tents about the Lord, and refused to obey what he told them.

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

26 So he raised his hand to give them a serious warning that he would bring them down in the wilderness,

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

27 that he would disperse their descendants among the heathen nations, scattering them among countries far away.

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

28 They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor, and ate food sacrificed to the dead.

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

29 They provoked the Lord by what they did, making him angry, so a plague broke out among them.

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

30 But Phinehas took a stand for the Lord and intervened, and the plague was stopped in its tracks.

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

31 He has been considered as a man who lived right from that time on and for all generations.

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

32 They also angered him at the waters of Meribah where things went badly for Moses because of them.

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

33 They upset him so much that he spoke without thinking in the heat of the moment.

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

34 They did not destroy the heathen peoples as the Lord had told them to do,

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

35 but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.

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

36 They worshiped their pagan idols which became a trap for them.

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

37 The even sacrificed their sons and daughters to these demons.

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

38 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.

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 The also defiled themselves by what they did: their actions were spiritual adultery.

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

40 So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.

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

41 He handed them over to the heathen nations. These people who hated them now became their rulers.

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

42 Their enemies dominated and subdued them with their power.

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

43 The Lord repeatedly rescued them, but they continued with their rebellious ideas, until they were finally destroyed by their own sins.

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

44 Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.

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

45 He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness and love.

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

46 He made the people who captured them treat them with mercy.

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

47 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.

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 How wonderful is the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives forever and ever! Let all the people say “Amen”! Praise the Lord!

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