Psalms 106

1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.

Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.

2 Who can describe his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?

Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

3 Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.

Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

5 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.

To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

6 We, like our fathers, have sinned, we have done perversely and wickedly

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

7 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.

Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

8 But true to his name he saved them, in order to show his might.

And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried; they marched through the depths as through desert,

And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

10 saved from the hand of the hostile, redeemed from the hand of the foe.

And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

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

And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

12 So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.

And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

13 But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not wait for his counsel.

They have hasted — forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

14 Their greed was ravenous in the desert; they put God to the test in the wilderness.

And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

15 He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.

And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

16 The camp grew jealous of Moses and of Aaron, holy one of the Lord.

And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered Abiram’s company.

Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

18 Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.

And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

20 They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.

And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

21 They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt

They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

22 Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors by the Red Sea.

Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

23 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.

And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

24 They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

25 They grumbled in their tents, would not listen to the voice of the Lord.

And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

26 So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;

And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

27 to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.

And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

28 Then they joined them to Baal of Peor, and ate what was offered the dead.

And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

29 They provoked him to wrath by their deeds, and plague broke out among them.

And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

30 Then Phinehas stood between, and so the plague was stayed;

And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

31 and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.

And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations — unto the age.

32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

33 They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;

They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

35 but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

36 Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.

And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

38 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.

And they shed innocent blood — Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

39 They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

40 Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.

And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

41 He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated them.

And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

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

And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

43 Many a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.

Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

44 Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.

And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

45 He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.

And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

46 He caused them to be pitied by all who carried them captive.

And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

47 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.

Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

48 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say ‘Amen.’ Praise the Lord.

Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, 'Amen, praise Jah!'