Psalms 106

¹Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

²Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,

³from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.

⁴They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

⁵They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

⁶And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

⁷And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.

⁸Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

⁹For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:

¹⁰those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.

¹¹For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.

¹²And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

¹³And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.

¹⁴And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.

¹⁵Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

¹⁶For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.

¹⁷He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

¹⁸Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.

¹⁹And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

²⁰He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

²¹Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

²²And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.

²³Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

²⁴these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.

²⁶They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

²⁷They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.

²⁸And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

²⁹And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.

³⁰And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.

³¹Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

³²And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.

³³He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,

³⁴a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.

³⁵He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

³⁶And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.

³⁷And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.

³⁸And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.

³⁹And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

⁴⁰Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.

⁴¹And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.

⁴²The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.

⁴³Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?

Psalms 106

¹Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?

³Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

⁴Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

⁵That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

⁶We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

⁷Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

⁸Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

⁹He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

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

¹¹And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

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

¹³They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

¹⁴But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

¹⁵And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

²⁰Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

²¹They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

²²Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

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.

²⁴Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

²⁵But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

²⁶Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

²⁷To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

²⁸They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

²⁹Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

³⁰Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

³¹And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

³²They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

³³Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

³⁴They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:

³⁵But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

³⁶And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

³⁷Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

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.

³⁹Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

⁴⁰Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

⁴¹And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

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

⁴³Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

⁴⁷Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.