Psalms 106

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

Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness.

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 publish all his praise?

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

Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times.

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

Remember me, O Lord, when thou favorest thy people: oh 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 look on the happiness of thy elect, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glorify myself with thy inheritance.

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

We have sinned together 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 did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses; but rebelled 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 the sake of his name, to make known his might.

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; and 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 adversaries: not one of them was left.

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

Then believed they in his words, they sang his praise.

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

Speedily they forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel;

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

And they felt a lustful longing 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 what they had asked; but sent dryness into their soul.

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

Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and 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 over 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 burnt up the wicked.

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

They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed themselves down to a molten image.

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

And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs.

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

They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,

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

Wonders in the land of Ham, 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.

He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy.

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

And they despised the pleasant land, they believed not in his word;

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

But they murmured in their tents, they 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;

He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness;

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

And to let their seed fall 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:

And they joined themselves unto Ba'al-pe'or, 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 to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague.

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

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and the plague was stayed.

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

And it was accounted 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 Meribah, and evil happened to Moses for their sake;

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

Because they had embittered his spirit, and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.

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

They did not exterminate the nations, that the Lord had indicated to them;

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

But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings.

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

And they served their idols, and these became unto them a snare.

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

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits;

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, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood-guiltiness.

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

Thus were they made unclean through their own doings, and went astray with their own deeds.

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, and be felt disgust for 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 up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them.

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

And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued 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 rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity.

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

Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.

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

And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses;

46 And granted them compassion before all their captors.

And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away 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 among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, 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 the God of Israel from everlasting even to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah.