Psalms, 106

1. Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his faithful love is everlasting!

1. Praise the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

2. Who can recount all Yahweh's triumphs, who can fully voice his praise?

2. Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, or show forth all his praise?

3. How blessed are those who keep to what is just, whose conduct is always upright!

3. Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

4. Remember me, Yahweh, in your love for your people. Come near to me with your saving power,

4. Remember me, O LORD, when thou showest favor to thy people; help me when thou deliverest them;

5. let me share the happiness of your chosen ones, let me share the joy of your people, the pride of your heritage.

5. that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thy heritage.

6. Like our ancestors, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly, guiltily;

6. Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7. our ancestors in Egypt never grasped the meaning of your wonders. They did not bear in mind your countless acts of love, at the Sea of Reeds they defied the Most High;

7. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider thy wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

8. but for the sake of his name he saved them, to make known his mighty power.

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

9. At his rebuke the Sea of Reeds dried up, he let them pass through the deep as though it were desert,

9. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10. so he saved them from their opponents' clutches, rescued them from the clutches of their enemies.

10. So he saved them from the hand of the foe, and delivered them from the power of the enemy.

11. The waters enveloped their enemies, not one of whom was left.

11. And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

12. Then they believed what he had said, and sang his praises.

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

13. But they soon forgot his achievements, they did not even wait for his plans;

13. But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

14. they were overwhelmed with greed in the wastelands, in the solitary wastes they challenged God.

14. But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

15. He gave them all they asked for, but struck them with a deep wasting sickness;

15. he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.

16. in the camp they grew jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, Yahweh's holy one.

16. When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,

17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, closed in on Abiram's faction;

17. the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abi'ram.

18. fire flamed out against their faction, the renegades were engulfed in flames.

18. Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19. At Horeb they made a calf, bowed low before cast metal;

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

20. they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bull.

20. They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21. They forgot the God who was saving them, who had done great deeds in Egypt,

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

22. such wonders in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Sea of Reeds.

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

23. He thought of putting an end to them, had not Moses, his chosen one, taken a stand in the breach and confronted him, to turn his anger away from destroying them.

23. Therefore he said he would destroy them -- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24. They counted a desirable land for nothing, they put no trust in his promise;

24. Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.

25. they stayed in their tents and grumbled, they would not listen to Yahweh's voice.

25. They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.

26. So he lifted his hand against them, to strike them down in the desert,

26. Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27. to strike down their descendants among the nations, to scatter them all over the world.

27. and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.

28. They committed themselves to serve Baal-Peor, and ate sacrifices made to lifeless gods.

28. Then they attached themselves to the Ba'al of Pe'or, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29. They so provoked him by their actions that a plague broke out among them.

29. they provoked the LORD to anger with their doings, and a plague broke out among them.

30. Then up stood Phinehas to intervene, and the plague was checked;

30. Then Phin'ehas stood up and interposed, and the plague was stayed.

31. for this he is the example of uprightness, from age to age for ever.

31. And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.

32. At the waters of Meribah they so angered Yahweh, that Moses suffered on their account,

32. They angered him at the waters of Mer'ibah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

33. for they had embittered his spirit, and he spoke without due thought.

33. for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.

34. They did not destroy the nations, as Yahweh had told them to do,

34. They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

35. but intermarried with them, and adopted their ways.

35. but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.

36. They worshipped those nations' false gods, till they found themselves entrapped,

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

37. and sacrificed their own sons and their daughters to demons.

37. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

38. Innocent blood they shed, the blood of their sons and daughters; offering them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the country with blood.

38. they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

39. They defiled themselves by such actions, their behaviour was that of a harlot.

39. Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the harlot in their doings.

40. Yahweh's anger blazed out at his people, his own heritage filled him with disgust.

40. Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

41. He handed them over to the nations, and their opponents became their masters;

41. he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42. their enemies lorded it over them, crushing them under their rule.

42. Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43. Time and again he rescued them, but they still defied him deliberately, and sank ever deeper in their guilt;

43. Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes, and were brought low through their iniquity.

44. even so he took pity on their distress, as soon as he heard them cry out.

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

45. Bearing his covenant with them in mind, he relented in his boundless and faithful love;

45. He remembered for their sake his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46. he ensured that they received compassion, in their treatment by all their captors.

46. He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.

47. Save us, Yahweh our God, gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and may glory in praising you.

47. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise.

48. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from all eternity and for ever! Let all the people say, 'Amen'.

48. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD!