Psalms 106
1 Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto 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 can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
3 How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.
Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me, with thy salvation;
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me 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 I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned—with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done 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 understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
8 Yet he saved them, for the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power;
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be 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 also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the 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 him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 Soon forgat they his works, —They waited not for his counsel;
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 And they became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;
They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint 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 company of Abiram.
18 Then was kindled a fire in their assembly, —a flame, consumed the lawless ones.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, —and bowed down to a molten image;
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:
They forgat God their saviour, which 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 Ham, [and] terrible things 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.
Therefore 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;
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, —They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.
But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.
Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
31 So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 And they provoked by the waters of Meribah, —And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes;
They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35 But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto 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 shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto 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.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that 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;
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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 were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 And granted them compassion before all their captors.
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried 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 the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph 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 God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
