The Psalms

Psalm 106

 ^106:1 Praise ye Jehovah.

 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;

 For his lovingkindness endureth forever.

 ^106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,

 Or show forth all his praise?

 ^106:3Blessed are they that keep justice,

 And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

 ^106:4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people;

 Oh visit me with thy salvation,

 ^106:5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen,

 That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,

 That I may glory with thine inheritance.

 ^106:6We have sinned with our fathers,

 We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

 ^106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;

 They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses,

 But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

 ^106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,

 That he might make his mighty power to be known.

 ^106:9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:

 So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

 ^106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,

 And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

 ^106:11And the waters covered their adversaries;

 There was not one of them left.

 ^106:12Then believed they his words;

 They sang his praise.

 ^106:13They soon forgat his works;

 They waited not for his counsel,

 ^106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

 And tempted God in the desert.

 ^106:15And he gave them their request,

 But sent leanness into their soul.

 ^106:16They envied Moses also in the camp,

 And Aaron the saint of Jehovah.

 ^106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

 And covered the company of Abiram.

 ^106:18And a fire was kindled in their company;

 The flame burned up the wicked.

 ^106:19They made a calf in Horeb,

 And worshipped a molten image.

 ^106:20Thus they changed their glory

 For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

 ^106:21They forgat God their Saviour,

 Who had done great things in Egypt,

 ^106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,

 And terrible things by the Red Sea.

 ^106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,

 Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,

 To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

 ^106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land,

 They believed not his word,

 ^106:25But murmured in their tents,

 And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

 ^106:26Therefore he sware unto them,

 That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

 ^106:27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,

 And scatter them in the lands.

 ^106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,

 And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

 ^106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;

 And the plague brake in upon them.

 ^106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;

 And so the plague was stayed.

 ^106:31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,

 Unto all generations for evermore.

 ^106:32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,

 So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

 ^106:33Because they were rebellious against his spirit,

 And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

 ^106:34They did not destroy the peoples,

 As Jehovah commanded them,

 ^106:35But mingled themselves with the nations,

 And learned their works,

 ^106:36And served their idols,

 Which became a snare unto them.

 ^106:37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

 ^106:38And 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.

 ^106:39Thus were they defiled with their works,

 And played the harlot in their doings.

 ^106:40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,

 And he abhorred his inheritance.

 ^106:41And he gave them into the hand of the nations;

 And they that hated them ruled over them.

 ^106:42Their enemies also oppressed them,

 And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

 ^106:43Many times did he deliver them;

 But they were rebellious in their counsel,

 And were brought low in their iniquity.

 ^106:44Nevertheless he regarded their distress,

 When he heard their cry:

 ^106:45And he remembered for them his covenant,

 And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

 ^106:46He made them also to be pitied

 Of all those that carried them captive.

  ^106:47Save us, O Jehovah our God,

 And gather us from among the nations,

 To give thanks unto thy holy name,

 And to triumph in thy praise.

  ^106:48Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,

 From everlasting even to everlasting.

 And let all the people say, Amen.

 Praise ye Jehovah.

BOOK V