< Psalms 106 >
1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Praise YAH, give thanks to YHWH, for [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time!
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can show forth all his praise?
Who utters the mighty acts of YHWH? Sounds all His praise?
3 Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
O the blessedness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor [that thou bearest to] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
Remember me, O YHWH, With the favor of Your people, Look after me in Your salvation.
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thy inheritance.
To look on the good of Your chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Your nation, To boast myself with Your inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.
7 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.
Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Your wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Your kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the Sea of Suph.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
And He saves them for His Name’s sake, To make His might known,
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
And rebukes the Sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causes them to go Through depths as a wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And He saves them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeems them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
And waters cover their adversaries, One of them has not been left.
12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,
13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:
They have hurried—forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
And He gives to them their request, And sends leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of the LORD.
And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, YHWH’s holy one.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Earth opens, and swallows up Dathan, And covers over the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
And fire burns among their company, A flame sets the wicked on fire.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image.
They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
And change their glory Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
21 They forgot God their savior, who had done great things in Egypt;
They have forgotten God their Savior, The doer of great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by the Red sea.
Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the Sea of Suph.
23 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].
And He commands to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.
24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.
25 But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not to the voice of the LORD.
And they murmur in their tents, They have not listened to the voice of YHWH.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
And He lifts up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.
28 They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
And they are coupled to Ba‘al-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
29 Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague broke in upon them.
And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaks forth on them,
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
And Phinehas stands, and executes judgment, And the plague is restrained,
31 And that was counted to him for righteousness to all generations for ever.
And it is reckoned to him for righteousness, From generation to generation—for all time.
32 They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaks wrongfully with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
They have not destroyed the peoples, As YHWH had commanded to them,
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare to them.
And serve their idols, And they are for a snare to them.
37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
And they sacrifice their sons and their daughters to the demons,
38 And shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
And they shed innocent blood—Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went astray with their own inventions.
And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
And the anger of YHWH Is kindled against His people, And He detests His inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
And gives them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity.
He delivers them many times, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
And He looks on their distress When He hears their cry,
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
And remembers His covenant for them, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.
46 He made them also to be pitied by all those that carried them captives.
And He appoints them for mercies Before all their captors.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks to thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.
Save us, O our God YHWH, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Your Holy Name, To glory in Your praise.
48 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age until age. And all the people said, “Amen, praise YAH!”