Psalms 106
1 Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness.
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can publish all his praise?
Who can describe his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?
3 Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times.
Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
4 Remember me, O Lord, when thou favorest thy people: oh visit me with thy salvation;
Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.
5 That I may look on the happiness of thy elect, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glorify myself 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 together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
We, like our fathers, have sinned, we have done perversely and wickedly
7 Our fathers did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses; but rebelled at the sea, even at 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 Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might.
But true to his name he saved them, in order to show his might.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths, as through the 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 him that hated them, and 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 waters covered their adversaries: not one of them was left.
The waters covered their enemies: not one of them was left.
12 Then believed they in his words, they sang his praise.
So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.
13 Speedily they forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel;
But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not wait for his counsel.
14 And they felt a lustful longing in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Their greed was ravenous in the desert; they put God to the test in the wilderness.
15 And he gave them what they had asked; but sent dryness into their soul.
He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.
16 Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and 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 over the company of Abiram.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered Abiram’s company.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the wicked.
Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed themselves down to a molten image.
They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.
20 And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs.
They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,
They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt
22 Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors by the Red Sea.
23 He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy.
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 despised the pleasant land, they believed not in his word;
They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.
25 But they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
They grumbled in their tents, would not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness;
So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
27 And to let their seed fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.
28 And they joined themselves unto Ba'al-pe'or, 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 to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague.
They provoked him to wrath by their deeds, and plague broke out among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and the plague was stayed.
Then Phinehas stood between, and so the plague was stayed;
31 And it was accounted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore.
and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.
32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, and evil happened to Moses for their sake;
They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.
33 Because they had embittered his spirit, and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.
34 They did not exterminate the nations, that the Lord had indicated to them;
They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;
35 But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings.
but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.
36 And they served their idols, and these became unto them a snare.
Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits;
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, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood-guiltiness.
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 Thus were they made unclean through their own doings, and went astray with their own deeds.
They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.
40 therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and be felt disgust for his own inheritance.
Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.
41 And he gave them up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them.
He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated them.
42 And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand.
Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity.
Many a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.
44 Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.
Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
45 And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses;
He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.
46 And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive.
He caused them to be pitied by all who carried them captive.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, to triumph 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 even to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say “Amen.” Praise the Lord.
