Psalms 106
1 Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise?
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.
Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me, with thy salvation;
Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, 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 acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 Our fathers, in Egypt, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea—at 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 the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power;
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;
He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.
The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 Soon forgat they his works, —They waited not for his counsel;
Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 And they became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 Then was kindled a fire in their assembly, —a flame, consumed the lawless ones.
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, —and bowed down to a molten image;
At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 Then would he have bidden to destroy them, —had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.
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 And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 But murmured in their tents, —They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.
They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.
to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29 So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 And they provoked by the waters of Meribah, —And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;
At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:
They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood-shed;
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 And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them;
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 And 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 rescue them, —But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity.
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44 Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46 And granted them compassion before all their captors.
He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud 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 Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
