Psalms 106
1 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever.
Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, for he is good! His trustworthy love lasts forever.
2 Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard?
Who can give an account of all the wonderful things the Lord has done? Who can give him all the praise he is due?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.
Happy are those who treat people fairly, who always do what is right.
4 Remember us, O Lord, with the favor [you have] to your people: visit us with your salvation;
Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.
5 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.
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.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.
We have sinned just like our forefathers. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
7 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.
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.
8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.
Even so he saved them because of the kind of person he is, and to show his power
9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.
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.
10 And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy.
He rescued them from those who hated them; he saved them from their enemies' power.
11 The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.
The water drowned their enemies—none of them survived,
12 Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.
Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.
13 They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.
But they quickly forgot what he had done for them, and they didn't listen to his advice.
14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land].
They were filled with desperate cravings in the wilderness; they provoked God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.
He gave them what they wanted, but sent them a plague as well.
16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
In the camp the people became jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, the Lord's holy priest.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.
The earth split open and swallowed up Dathan; it buried Abiram and his followers.
18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.
Fire broke out among them—a flame that burned them up.
19 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,
At Mount Sinai they made a calf, they bowed down before a metal idol.
20 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.
They replaced their God of glory with a bull that eats grass!
21 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done marvelous things in Egypt;
22 wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.
performing miracles in the land of Ham, doing amazing things at the Red Sea.
23 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.
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.
24 Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word.
Later the people refused to enter the Promised Land; they didn't trust him to do as he'd promised.
25 And they murmured in their tents: they listened not to the voice of the Lord.
They complained in their tents about the Lord, and refused to obey what he told them.
26 So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;
So he raised his hand to give them a serious warning that he would bring them down in the wilderness,
27 and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
that he would disperse their descendants among the heathen nations, scattering them among countries far away.
28 They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;
They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor, and ate food sacrificed to the dead.
29 and destruction, was multiplied among them.
They provoked the Lord by what they did, making him angry, so a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.
But Phinehas took a stand for the Lord and intervened, and the plague was stopped in its tracks.
31 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.
He has been considered as a man who lived right from that time on and for all generations.
32 They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;
They also angered him at the waters of Meribah where things went badly for Moses because of them.
33 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips.
They upset him so much that he spoke without thinking in the heat of the moment.
34 They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy];
They did not destroy the heathen peoples as the Lord had told them to do,
35 but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.
but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.
36 And they served their graven images; and it became an offense to them.
They worshiped their pagan idols which became a trap for them.
37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,
The even sacrificed their sons and daughters to these demons.
38 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.
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.
39 and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.
The also defiled themselves by what they did: their actions were spiritual adultery.
40 So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.
He handed them over to the heathen nations. These people who hated them now became their rulers.
42 Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.
Their enemies dominated and subdued them with their power.
43 Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.
The Lord repeatedly rescued them, but they continued with their rebellious ideas, until they were finally destroyed by their own sins.
44 You the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.
Despite all this, the Lord was moved by their suffering; he heard their sad cries.
45 And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.
He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness and love.
46 And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.
He made the people who captured them treat them with mercy.
47 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.
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.
48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.
How wonderful is the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives forever and ever! Let all the people say “Amen”! Praise the Lord!
