Psalms 106

1 Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise?

Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

3 How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

4 Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me, with thy salvation;

Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy 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 we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

6 We have sinned—with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;

We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

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 understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them, for the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power;

And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.

9 So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.

10 And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;

And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.

And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

12 They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.

And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

13 Soon forgat they his works, —They waited not for his counsel;

They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels.

14 But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.

And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

15 So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

16 And they became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;

And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

17 The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

18 Then was kindled a fire in their assembly, —a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, —and bowed down to a molten image;

They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

20 Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

21 They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:

They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

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

Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in 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.

And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24 And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;

And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

25 But murmured in their tents, —They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.

And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

26 So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

27 And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.

And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

28 Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:

They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.

And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.

31 So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.

And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

32 And they provoked by the waters of Meribah, —And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;

They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

33 For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.

Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.

34 They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;

They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

35 But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;

And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

36 Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:

And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;

And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

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;

And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

39 And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.

And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

40 Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.

And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them;

And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

42 And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.

And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

43 Many times, did he rescue them, —But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity.

Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44 Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;

And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

45 Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;

And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 And granted them compassion before all their captors.

And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

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 among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy 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: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.