Psalms 106
1 Praise Adonai! Yadah ·Extend hands in thankful praise· to Adonai, for he is good, for his chesed ·loving-kindness· endures forever.
| הללויה הודו ליהוה כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו׃ |
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Adonai, or sh'ma ·hear obey, fully declare· all his praise?
| מי ימלל גבורות יהוה ישמיע כל תהלתו׃ |
3 Blessed are those who keep mishpat ·justice·. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
| אשרי שמרי משפט עשה צדקה בכל עת׃ |
4 Remember me, Adonai, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your yishu'ah ·salvation·,
| זכרני יהוה ברצון עמך פקדני בישועתך׃ |
5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
| לראות בטובת בחיריך לשמח בשמחת גויך להתהלל עם נחלתך׃ |
6 We have sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)· with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have been condemned as guilty.
| חטאנו עם אבותינו העוינו הרשענו׃ |
7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt [Abode of slavery]. They didn’t remember the multitude of your chesed ·loving-kindnesses·, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Sea of Suf [Reed Sea].
| אבותינו במצרים לא השכילו נפלאותיך לא זכרו את רב חסדיך וימרו על ים בים סוף׃ |
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
| ויושיעם למען שמו להודיע את גבורתו׃ |
9 He rebuked the Sea of Suf [Reed Sea] also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
| ויגער בים סוף ויחרב ויוליכם בתהמות כמדבר׃ |
10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
| ויושיעם מיד שונא ויגאלם מיד אויב׃ |
11 The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
| ויכסו מים צריהם אחד מהם לא נותר׃ |
12 Then they trusted his words. They sang his tehilah ·praise song·.
| ויאמינו בדבריו ישירו תהלתו׃ |
13 They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
| מהרו שכחו מעשיו לא חכו לעצתו׃ |
14 but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
| ויתאוו תאוה במדבר וינסו אל בישימון׃ |
15 He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
| ויתן להם שאלתם וישלח רזון בנפשם׃ |
16 They envied Moses [Drawn out] also in the camp, and Aaron [Light-bringer], Adonai’s saint.
| ויקנאו למשה במחנה לאהרן קדוש יהוה׃ |
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
| תפתח ארץ ותבלע דתן ותכס על עדת אבירם׃ |
18 A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
| ותבער אש בעדתם להבה תלהט רשעים׃ |
19 They made a calf in Horeb [Desert], and hawa ·bowed low, prostrated· worshiped a molten image.
| יעשו עגל בחרב וישתחוו למסכה׃ |
20 Thus they exchanged their kavod ·weighty glory· for an image of a bull that eats grass.
| וימירו את כבודם בתבנית שור אכל עשב׃ |
21 They forgot God, their source of salvation, who had done great things in Egypt [Abode of slavery],
| שכחו אל מושיעם עשה גדלות במצרים׃ |
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham [Hot, Intensity, Passion], and awesome things by the Sea of Suf [Reed Sea].
| נפלאות בארץ חם נוראות על ים סוף׃ |
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses [Drawn out], his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he would not destroy them.
| ויאמר להשמידם לולי משה בחירו עמד בפרץ לפניו להשיב חמתו מהשחית׃ |
24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t trust his word,
| וימאסו בארץ חמדה לא האמינו לדברו׃ |
25 but murmured in their tents, and didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey· Adonai’s voice.
| וירגנו באהליהם לא שמעו בקול יהוה׃ |
26 Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
| וישא ידו להם להפיל אותם במדבר׃ |
27 that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
| ולהפיל זרעם בגוים ולזרותם בארצות׃ |
28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
| ויצמדו לבעל פעור ויאכלו זבחי מתים׃ |
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
| ויכעיסו במעלליהם ותפרץ בם מגפה׃ |
30 Then Pinchas [Bronze skin] stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
| ויעמד פינחס ויפלל ותעצר המגפה׃ |
31 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
| ותחשב לו לצדקה לדר ודר עד עולם׃ |
32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah [Quarreling], so that Moses [Drawn out] was troubled for their sakes;
| ויקציפו על מי מריבה וירע למשה בעבורם׃ |
33 because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.
| כי המרו את רוחו ויבטא בשפתיו׃ |
34 They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Adonai ordered them to do,
| לא השמידו את העמים אשר אמר יהוה להם׃ |
35 but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
| ויתערבו בגוים וילמדו מעשיהם׃ |
36 They abad ·served· their idols, which became a snare to them.
| ויעבדו את עצביהם ויהיו להם למוקש׃ |
37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
| ויזבחו את בניהם ואת בנותיהם לשדים׃ |
38 They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan [Humbled]. The land was polluted with blood.
| וישפכו דם נקי דם בניהם ובנותיהם אשר זבחו לעצבי כנען ותחנף הארץ בדמים׃ |
39 Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
| ויטמאו במעשיהם ויזנו במעלליהם׃ |
40 Therefore Adonai burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
| ויחר אף יהוה בעמו ויתעב את נחלתו׃ |
41 He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
| ויתנם ביד גוים וימשלו בהם שנאיהם׃ |
42 Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
| וילחצום אויביהם ויכנעו תחת ידם׃ |
43 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their depravity (moral evil).
| פעמים רבות יצילם והמה ימרו בעצתם וימכו בעונם׃ |
44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he sh'ma ·heard obeyed· their cry.
| וירא בצר להם בשמעו את רנתם׃ |
45 He remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his chesed ·loving-kindnesses·.
| ויזכר להם בריתו וינחם כרב חסדו׃ |
46 He made them also to be shown rachamim ·compassionate loves· by all those who carried them captive.
| ויתן אותם לרחמים לפני כל שוביהם׃ |
47 Save us, Adonai, our God, gather us from among the nations, yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to your holy name, to triumph in your tehilah ·praise song·!
| הושיענו יהוה אלהינו וקבצנו מן הגוים להדות לשם קדשך להשתבח בתהלתך׃ |
48 Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel [God prevails], from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen ·So be it·.” Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!
| ברוך יהוה אלהי ישראל מן העולם ועד העולם ואמר כל העם אמן הללו יה׃ |
