< 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 his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.
2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?
Who can describe his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?
3 Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise righteousness at all times!
Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
4 Remember me, O LORD! with the favor promised to thy people; O visit me with thy salvation!
Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.
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!
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 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 in Egypt did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, 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 Yet he saved them for his own name's sake. That he might make his mighty power to be known.
But true to his name he saved them, in order to show his might.
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; they marched through the depths as through desert,
10 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 The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.
The waters covered their enemies: not one of them was left.
12 Then believed they his words, And sang his praise.
So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.
13 But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.
But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not wait for his counsel.
14 They gave way to appetite 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 their request, But sent upon them leanness.
He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.
16 They also 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 Then the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan, And covered 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 flames burned up the wicked.
Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image;
They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.
20 They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.
They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,
They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt
22 Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at the Red sea.
Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors 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 vowed, and would have destroyed them, but for Moses his elect, who stepped into the breach before him, to divert his deadly wrath.
24 They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;
They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.
25 But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.
They grumbled in their tents, would 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 swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
27 That he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.
28 They also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.
Then they joined them to Baal of Peor, and ate what was offered the dead.
29 Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.
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 this was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations for ever.
and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.
32 They provoked him also at the waters of Meribah [[strife]], And evil befell Moses on their account.
They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.
33 For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.
They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.
34 They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.
They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;
35 They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.
but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.
36 They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.
Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.
37 Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to demons,
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the 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 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 they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.
They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.
40 Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them ruled over them.
He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated 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 a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.
44 Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;
Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
45 He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,
He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.
46 And caused them to find pity Among all that carried them captive.
He caused them to be pitied by all who carried 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 out of the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to make our boast of 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. And let all the people say “Amen.” Praise the Lord.

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