Psalms 106

1 Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

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

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?

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

3 Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

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

4 Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

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

5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

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.

6 We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

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

7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

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.

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

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

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

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

10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

11 The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

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

12 Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

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

13 They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

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

14 but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

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

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

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

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the LORD’s saint.

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

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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

18 A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

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

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

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

20 Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

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

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

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

22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

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

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

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.

24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

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

25 but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.

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

26 Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

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

27 that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

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

28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

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

30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

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

31 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

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

32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

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

33 because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

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

34 They didn’t destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

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

35 but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

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

36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

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

37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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

38 They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

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;

39 Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

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

40 Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

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

41 He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

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

42 Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

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

43 He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

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

44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

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

45 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

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

46 He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

And granted them compassion before all their captors.

47 Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

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.

48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!

Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!