Psalms 106

1 Hallelujah. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.

Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.

2 Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?

Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard?

3 Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.

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

4 Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation;

Remember us, O Lord, with the favor [you have] to your people: visit us with your salvation;

5 That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance.

that we may behold the good of your elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that we may glory with your inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.

We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.

7 Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Our fathers in Egypt understood not your wonders, and remembered not the multitude of your mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by the Red Sea.

8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

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

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.

10 And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

11 And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.

The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.

Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.

13 They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;

They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.

And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land].

15 And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.

16 They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.

They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

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

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.

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

And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,

20 Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

21 They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;

They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;

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

wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.

23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.

So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

24 Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;

Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word.

25 And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

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

26 Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;

27 And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

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

28 They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;

29 Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

and destruction, was multiplied among them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.

31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.

And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.

32 They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;

They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;

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

for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them;

They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy];

35 But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;

but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.

36 And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;

And they served their graven images; and it became an offense to them.

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,

38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

39 Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.

and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.

40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.

So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.

And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.

Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.

43 Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.

Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44 Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry;

You the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.

45 And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.

And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.

46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive.

And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise.

Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise.

48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.