Psalms 106
1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.
Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
2 Who can describe his heroic deeds, or publish all his praise?
Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?
3 Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.
4 Remember me, Lord, as you remember your people, and visit me with your gracious help.
Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your 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.
so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.
6 We, like our fathers, have sinned, we have done perversely and wickedly
We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.
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 did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.
8 But true to his name he saved them, in order to show his might.
And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried; they marched through the depths as through desert,
And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.
10 saved from the hand of the hostile, redeemed from the hand of the foe.
And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 The waters covered their enemies: not one of them was left.
And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.
12 So then they believed in his words, and began to sing his praise.
And they believed his words, and they sang his praises.
13 But soon they forgot his deeds: they did not wait for his counsel.
As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.
14 Their greed was ravenous in the desert; they put God to the test in the wilderness.
And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.
15 He gave them the thing they had asked for, but sent wasting disease among them.
And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.
16 The camp grew jealous of Moses and of Aaron, holy one of the Lord.
And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered Abiram’s company.
The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.
18 Fire broke out on their company, flame kindled upon the wicked.
And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed to the molten image.
And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.
20 They exchanged their glorious God for the image of ox that eats grass.
And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.
21 They forgot the God who had saved them by mighty deeds in Egypt
They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:
22 Wonders in the land of Ham, terrors by the Red Sea.
miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.
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 said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.
24 They spurned the delightsome land, they refused to believe in his word.
And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.
25 They grumbled in their tents, would not listen to the voice of the Lord.
And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26 So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,
27 to disperse their seed among heathen, to scatter them over the world.
and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.
28 Then they joined them to Baal of Peor, and ate what was offered the dead.
And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 They provoked him to wrath by their deeds, and plague broke out among them.
And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them.
30 Then Phinehas stood between, and so the plague was stayed;
Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased.
31 and it was counted to him for righteousness unto all generations forever.
And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever.
32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah, through them it went ill with Moses.
And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them,
33 They rebelled against his spirit, and he uttered speech that was rash.
for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them;
They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.
35 but they mingled with the heathen, and learned to do as they did.
And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,
36 Their idol gods they worshipped, and they were ensnared by them.
and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,
39 They became unclean by their works, and adulterous in their deeds.
and was contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions.
40 Then the Lord’s fury was on his people, filled with horror at his inheritance.
And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
41 He delivered them to the heathen, to the sway of those who hated them.
And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.
43 Many a time he saved them, but they rebelled at his counsel, and were brought low by their wrongdoing.
Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.
44 Yet he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.
45 He remembered his covenant, and, in his great kindness, relented.
And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He caused them to be pitied by all who carried them captive.
And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them.
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 Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and glory in your 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 the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.
