Psalms 106 — ASVBT

106Verse 1Praise ye Jehovah.
Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth forever.
^{Verse 2}Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,
Or show forth all his praise?
^{Verse 3}Blessed are they that keep justice,
And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
^{Verse 4}Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people;
Oh visit me with thy salvation,
^{Verse 5}That 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.^{Verse 6}We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
^{Verse 7}Our 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.
^{Verse 8}Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
That he might make his mighty power to be known.
^{Verse 9}He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:
So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
^{Verse 10}And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
^{Verse 11}And the waters covered their adversaries;
There was not one of them left.
^{Verse 12}Then believed they his words;
They sang his praise.
^{Verse 13}They soon forgat his works;
They waited not for his counsel,
^{Verse 14}But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.
^{Verse 15}And he gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.
^{Verse 16}They envied Moses also in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of Jehovah.
^{Verse 17}The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And covered the company of Abiram.
^{Verse 18}And a fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
^{Verse 19}They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped a molten image.
^{Verse 20}Thus they changed their glory
For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
^{Verse 21}They forgat God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
^{Verse 22}Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
And terrible things by the Red Sea.
^{Verse 23}Therefore 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.
^{Verse 24}Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
They believed not his word,
^{Verse 25}But murmured in their tents,
And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
^{Verse 26}Therefore he sware unto them,
That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
^{Verse 27}And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
And scatter them in the lands.
^{Verse 28}They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
^{Verse 29}Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;
And the plague brake in upon them.
^{Verse 30}Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;
And so the plague was stayed.
^{Verse 31}And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,
Unto all generations forevermore.
^{Verse 32}They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
^{Verse 33}Because they were rebellious against his spirit,
And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
^{Verse 34}They did not destroy the peoples,
As Jehovah commanded them,
^{Verse 35}But mingled themselves with the nations,
And learned their works,
^{Verse 36}And served their idols,
Which became a snare unto them.
^{Verse 37}Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
^{Verse 38}And 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.
^{Verse 39}Thus were they defiled with their works,
And played the harlot in their doings.
^{Verse 40}Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,
And he abhorred his inheritance.
^{Verse 41}And he gave them into the hand of the nations;
And they that hated them ruled over them.
^{Verse 42}Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
^{Verse 43}Many times did he deliver them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And were brought low in their iniquity.
^{Verse 44}Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
When he heard their cry:
^{Verse 45}And he remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
^{Verse 46}He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them captive.^{Verse 47}Save 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.^{Verse 48}Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye Jehovah.