Psalms 106
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Hallelujah. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?
2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.
3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation;
4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance.
5that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
6We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.
6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
8Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.
8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
10He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.
11The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.
12Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;
13Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.
14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
15So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.
16In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
18Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.
23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
24Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;
24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
25They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;
26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
29So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.
31It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;
32At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them;
34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;
35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;
36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
39Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.
39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.
40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.
41He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.
42Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
43Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.
43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry;
44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive.
46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise.
47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.
48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
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