Psalms 106 — GNB

106Verse 1Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his mercy endureth for ever!^{Verse 2}Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?^{Verse 3}Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise righteousness at all times!^{Verse 4}Remember me, O LORD! with the favor promised to thy people; O visit me with thy salvation!^{Verse 5}That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy people, 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 in Egypt did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, the Red sea.^{Verse 8}Yet he saved them for his own name's sake. That he might make his mighty power to be known.^{Verse 9}He rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep as through a desert.^{Verse 10}He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.^{Verse 11}The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.^{Verse 12}Then believed they his words, And sang his praise.^{Verse 13}But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.^{Verse 14}They gave way to appetite in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert;^{Verse 15}And he gave them their request, But sent upon them leanness.^{Verse 16}They also envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.^{Verse 17}Then the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram,^{Verse 18}And a fire was kindled in their company; The flames burned up the wicked.^{Verse 19}They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image;^{Verse 20}They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.^{Verse 21}They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,^{Verse 22}Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at the Red sea.^{Verse 23}Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.^{Verse 24}They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;^{Verse 25}But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.^{Verse 26}Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;^{Verse 27}That he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.^{Verse 28}They also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.^{Verse 29}Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.^{Verse 30}Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment, And the plague was stayed.^{Verse 31}And this was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations for ever.^{Verse 32}They provoked him also at the waters of Meribah [[strife]], And evil befell Moses on their account.^{Verse 33}For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.^{Verse 34}They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.^{Verse 35}They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.^{Verse 36}They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.^{Verse 37}Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to demons,^{Verse 38}And shed innocent blood, The blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.^{Verse 39}Thus they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.^{Verse 40}Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own inheritance.^{Verse 41}And he gave them into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them ruled over them.^{Verse 42}Their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.^{Verse 43}Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him by their devices, And they were brought low for their iniquities.^{Verse 44}Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;^{Verse 45}He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,^{Verse 46}And caused them to find pity Among all that carried them captive.^{Verse 47}Save us, O Jehovah, our God! and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to thy holy name, And glory in thy praise!^{Verse 48}[Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise ye Jehovah!]