Psalms 106:1-48
106 Praise Jah!*
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good;+His loyal love endures forever.+
2 Who can fully declare Jehovah’s mighty actsOr proclaim all his praiseworthy deeds?+
3 Happy are those who act with justice,Who always do what is right.+
4 Remember me, O Jehovah, when you show favor* toward your people.+
Take care of me with your acts of salvation,
5 So that I may enjoy the goodness you show your chosen ones,+That I may rejoice along with your nation,That I may proudly praise* you along with your inheritance.
6 We have sinned just as our forefathers did;+We have done wrong; we have acted wickedly.+
7 Our forefathers in Egypt did not appreciate* your wonderful works.
They did not remember your abundant loyal love,But they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.+
8 But he saved them for the sake of his name,+To make his mightiness known.+
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;He led them through its depths as through a desert;*+
10 He saved them from the hand of their foe+And reclaimed them from the hand of the enemy.+
11 The waters covered their adversaries;Not one of them survived.*+
12 Then they had faith in his promise;+They began to sing his praise.+
13 But they quickly forgot what he did;+They did not wait for his counsel.
14 They gave way to their selfish desires in the wilderness;+They tested God in the desert.+
15 He gave them what they requested,But then struck them with disease that made them* waste away.+
16 In the camp they grew jealous of MosesAnd of Aaron,+ the holy one of Jehovah.+
17 The earth then opened up and swallowed DaʹthanAnd covered those assembled with A·biʹram.+
18 A fire blazed among their group;A flame consumed the wicked.+
19 They made a calf in HorʹebAnd bowed down to a statue of metal;*+
20 They exchanged my gloryFor the representation of a grass-eating bull.+
21 They forgot God+ their Savior,Who did great things in Egypt,+
22 Wonderful works in the land of Ham,+Awe-inspiring deeds at the Red Sea.+
23 He was about to order their annihilation,But Moses his chosen one interceded with him*To avert his destructive anger.+
24 Then they despised the desirable land;+They had no faith in his promise.+
25 They kept grumbling in their tents;+They did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.+
26 So he raised his hand in an oath concerning themThat he would make them fall in the wilderness;+
27 He would make their descendants fall among the nations,And he would scatter them throughout the lands.+
28 Then they joined in worship of* Baʹal of Peʹor,+And they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.*
29 They provoked Him by their actions,+And a scourge broke out among them.+
30 But when Phinʹe·has stood up and intervened,The scourge was halted.+
31 And it was counted to him as righteousnessThrough all generations forever.+
32 They provoked Him at the waters of Merʹi·bah,*And it went badly for Moses because of them.+
33 They embittered his spirit,And he spoke rashly with his lips.+
34 They did not annihilate the peoples,+As Jehovah had commanded them.+
35 But they mingled with the nations+And adopted* their ways.+
36 They kept serving their idols,+And these became a snare to them.+
37 They would sacrifice their sonsAnd their daughters to demons.+
38 They kept spilling innocent blood,+The blood of their own sons and daughtersWhom they sacrificed to the idols of Caʹnaan;+And the land was polluted with bloodshed.
39 They became unclean by their works;They committed spiritual prostitution by their deeds.+
40 So the anger of Jehovah blazed against his people,And he grew to detest his inheritance.
41 He repeatedly handed them over to the nations,+So that those who hated them might rule over them.+
42 Their enemies oppressed them,And they were subject to their power.*
43 Many times he rescued them,+But they would rebel and disobey,+And they would be brought low for their error.+
44 But he would see their distress+And hear their cry for help.+
45 For their sake he would remember his covenant,And he would feel pity,* moved by his great* loyal love.+
46 He would cause them to be pitiedBy all who held them captive.+
47 Save us, O Jehovah our God,+And gather us from the nations+So that we may give thanks to your holy nameAnd exult in praising you.*+
48 May Jehovah, the God of Israel, be praisedThroughout all eternity.*+
And let all the people say, “Amen!”*
Praise Jah!*
Footnotes
^ Or “Hallelujah!” “Jah” is a shortened form of the name Jehovah.
^ Or “goodwill.”
^ Or “may boast about.”
^ Or “grasp the meaning of.”
^ Or “wilderness.”
^ Or “was left.”
^ Or “their soul.”
^ Or “molten statue.”
^ Lit., “stood in the breach before him.”
^ Or “attached themselves to.”
^ That is, sacrifices offered either to dead people or to lifeless gods.
^ Meaning “Quarreling.”
^ Or “learned.”
^ Lit., “hand.”
^ Or “feel regret.”
^ Or “abundant.”
^ Or “exult in your praise.”
^ Or “From eternity to eternity.”
^ Or “So be it!”
^ Or “Hallelujah!” “Jah” is a shortened form of the name Jehovah.
