Psalms 106

1 Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his mercy endureth for ever!

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

3 Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise righteousness at all times!

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, O LORD! with the favor promised to thy people; O visit me with thy salvation!

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy people, That I may glory with thine inheritance!

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

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

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

7 Our fathers in Egypt did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, the Red sea.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his own name's sake. That he might make his mighty power to be known.

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

9 He rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep as through a desert.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

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

He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

12 Then believed they his words, And sang his praise.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

13 But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

14 They gave way to appetite in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert;

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

15 And he gave them their request, But sent upon them leanness.

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

16 They also envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

17 Then the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram,

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

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

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image;

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

20 They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

21 They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

22 Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at the Red sea.

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23 Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.

So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

24 They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

25 But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

26 Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

27 That he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

28 They also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

29 Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment, And the plague was stayed.

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

31 And this was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations for ever.

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32 They provoked him also at the waters of Meribah [[strife]], And evil befell Moses on their account.

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

33 For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

35 They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36 They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37 Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to demons,

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

40 Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own inheritance.

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them ruled over them.

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.

Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

43 Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him by their devices, And they were brought low for their iniquities.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

44 Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

45 He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

46 And caused them to find pity Among all that carried them captive.

He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

47 Save us, O Jehovah, our God! and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to thy holy name, And glory in thy praise!

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

48 [Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise ye Jehovah!]

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!