Psalm 106 (Brenton)

1Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

2Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? who shall cause all his praises to be heard?Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times.Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

4Remember us, O Lord, with the favour thou hast to thy people: visit us with thy salvation;Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

5that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.that 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 transgressed, we have done unrighteously.We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

7Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, and remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; but provoked him as they went up by the Red Sea.Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.Yet 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: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

10And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated them, and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy.He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

12Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise.Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

13They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel.Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

14And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land.They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

15And he gave them their request, and sent fulness into their souls.So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

16They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron.The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

18And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

19And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

20and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

21They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

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

23So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.So 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 set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word.They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

25And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

26So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

27and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

28They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

29and destruction was multiplied among them.So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

31And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

33for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

34They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them to destroy;They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

35but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works.but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils,They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood,They 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.

39and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

40So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

41And he delivered them into the hands of their enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

42And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands.Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

43Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

44Yet the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition.Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

45And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

46And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

47Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, that we may glory in thy praise.Save 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 God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

Psalm 106

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good