Psalms 106

1 Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.

Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

2 Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?

3 O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;

5 To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.

7 Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

8 And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

9 And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

10 And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.

11 And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end.

12 And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.

13 They have hasted — forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

14 And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

15 And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.

16 And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

17 Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.

The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band.

18 And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

19 They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

20 And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.

21 They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;

22 Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

23 And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

24 And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

25 And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

26 And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:

27 And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.

28 And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,

And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.

29 And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

30 And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained,

Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther.

31 And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations — unto the age.

And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.

32 And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

33 For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

34 They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said;

35 And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.

36 And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:

37 And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

38 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.

And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood.

39 And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

40 And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.

41 And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.

42 And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.

43 Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

44 And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

45 And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

46 And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

48 Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, 'Amen, praise Jah!'

Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.