Psalms 106

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

Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

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

Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?

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

Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

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

Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your salvation,

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 we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.

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

We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

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 understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

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

And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

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

And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.

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

And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

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

And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.

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

And they believed his words, and they sang his praises.

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

As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.

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

And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.

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

And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.

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

And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

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

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.

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

And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.

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

And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.

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

And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.

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

They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:

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

miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at 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 said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.

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

And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.

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

And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.

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

And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,

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

and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.

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

And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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

And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them.

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

Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased.

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

And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever.

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

And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them,

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

for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips.

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

They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.

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

And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,

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

and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.

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

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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 they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,

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

and was contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions.

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

And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

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

And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.

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

And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.

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

Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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

And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.

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

And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them.

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.

Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and 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!'

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.