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 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 can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?
3 How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.
Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise 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 favor promised to 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 prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy people, 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 in Egypt did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, 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 his own 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, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep 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 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.
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, And sang his praise.
13 Soon forgat they his works, —They waited not for his counsel;
But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.
14 But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.
They gave way to appetite 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 upon them leanness.
16 And they became jealous of Moses in the camp, —of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;
They also 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;
Then 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 flames 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 a molten image;
20 Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:
They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,
22 Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.
Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at 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.
Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.
24 And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;
They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;
25 But murmured in their tents, —They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.
But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.
26 So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;
Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;
27 And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.
That he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
28 Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor, —and did eat sacrifices to the dead:
They also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.
29 So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.
Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.
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 this was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations for ever.
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 Meribah [[strife]], And evil befell Moses on their account.
33 For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.
34 They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;
They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.
35 But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;
They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.
36 Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:
They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.
37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed 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;
And shed innocent blood, The blood of their own 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.
Thus they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.
40 Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So 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 nations, And they 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 they were bowed down 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 by their devices, And they were brought low for their iniquities.
44 Then looked he on the distress which befell them, —when he heard their loud cry;
Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;
45 Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;
He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,
46 And granted them compassion before all their captors.
And caused them to find pity Among all that carried 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 Jehovah, our God! and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to thy holy name, And 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise ye Jehovah!]
