Psalms 106
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Hallelujah. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
1Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?
2Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.
3Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.
3From the rising and the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea.
4Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation;
4They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
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.
5They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
6We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.
6And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
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.
7And he led them into the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.
8Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.
8Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
9And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
9For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
10And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
11And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.
11Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:
12Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.
12And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them.
13They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;
13Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.
14And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
15And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
15Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
16They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.
16Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
17He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
18Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.
19And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
20Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
20He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.
21They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
21Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
22And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.
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.
23They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:
24Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;
24These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
25He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.
26Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;
26They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.
27And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
27They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
28They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
28And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.
29Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
29And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.
30Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
30And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.
31And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.
31Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
32They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;
32And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
33For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
33He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:
34They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them;
34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;
35He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;
36And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
37And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.
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.
38And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
39Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.
39Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.
40Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
41And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.
41And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.
42The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.
43Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.
43Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord?
44Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry;
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45And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
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46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive.
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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.
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48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah.
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