Psalms 106
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PSALM 106
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,
for bountiful is he;
His tender mercy doth endure
unto eternity.
2God's mighty works who can express?
or shew forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that judgment keep,
and justly do always.
4Remember me, Lord, with that love
which thou to thine dost bear;
With thy salvation, O my God,
to visit me draw near:
5That I thy chosen's good may see,
and in their joy rejoice;
And may with thine inheritance
triumph with cheerful voice.
6We with our fathers sinned have,
and of iniquity
Too long we have the workers been;
we have done wickedly.
7The wonders great, which thou, O Lord,
didst work in Egypt land,
Our fathers, though they saw, yet them
they did not understand:
And they thy mercies' multitude
kept not in memory;
But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea,
provok'd him grievously.
8Nevertheless he saved them,
ev'n for his own name's sake;
That so he might to be well known
his mighty power make.
9When he the Red sea did rebuke,
then dried up it was:
Through depths, as through the wilderness,
he safely made them pass.
10From hands of those that hated them
he did his people save;
And from the en'my's cruel hand
to them redemption gave.
11The waters overwhelm'd their foes;
not one was left alive.
12Then they believ'd his word,
and praise to him in songs did give.
13But soon did they his mighty works
forget unthankfully,
And on his counsel and his will
did not wait patiently;
14But much did lust in wilderness,
and God in desert tempt.
15He gave them what they sought, but to
their soul he leanness sent.
16And against Moses in the camp
their envy did appear;
At Aaron they, the saint of God,
envious also were.
17Therefore the earth did open wide,
and Dathan did devour,
And all Abiram's company
did cover in that hour.
18Likewise among their company
a fire was kindled then;
And so the hot consuming flame
burnt up these wicked men.
19Upon the hill of Horeb they
an idol-calf did frame,
A molten image they did make,
and worshipped the same.
20And thus their glory, and their God,
most vainly changed they
Into the likeness of an ox
that eateth grass or hay.
21They did forget the mighty God,
that had their saviour been,
By whom such great things brought to pass
they had in Egypt seen.
22In Ham's land he did wondrous works,
things terrible did he,
When he his mighty hand and arm
stretch'd out at the Red sea.
23Then said he, He would them destroy,
had not, his wrath to stay,
His chosen Moses stood in breach,
that them he should not slay.
24Yea, they despis'd the pleasant land,
believed not his word:
25But in their tents they murmured,
not heark'ning to the Lord.
26Therefore in desert them to slay
he lifted up his hand:
27'Mong nations to o'erthrow their seed,
and scatter in each land.
28They unto Baal-peor did
themselves associate;
The sacrifices of the dead
they did profanely eat.
29Thus, by their lewd inventions,
they did provoke his ire;
And then upon them suddenly
the plague brake in as fire.
30Then Phin'has rose, and justice did,
and so the plague did cease;
31That to all ages counted was
to him for righteousness.
32And at the waters, where they strove,
they did him angry make,
In such sort, that it fared ill
with Moses for their sake:
33Because they there his spirit meek
provoked bitterly,
So that he utter'd with his lips
words unadvisedly.
34Nor, as the Lord commanded them,
did they the nations slay:
35But with the heathen mingled were,
and learn'd of them their way.
36And they their idols serv'd, which did
a snare unto them turn.
37Their sons and daughters they to dev'ls
in sacrifice did burn.
38In their own children's guiltless blood
their hands they did imbrue,
Whom to Canaan's idols they
for sacrifices slew:
So was the land defil'd with blood.
39They stain'd with their own way,
And with their own inventions
a whoring they did stray.
40Against his people kindled was
the wrath of God therefore,
Insomuch that he did his own
inheritance abhor.
41He gave them to the heathen's hand;
their foes did them command.
42Their en'mies them oppress'd, they were
made subject to their hand.
43He many times deliver'd them;
but with their counsel so
They him provok'd, that for their sin
they were brought very low.
44Yet their affliction he beheld,
when he did hear their cry:
45And he for them his covenant
did call to memory;
After his mercies' multitude
46he did repent: And made
Them to be pity'd of all those
who did them captive lead.
47O Lord our God, us save,
and gather the heathen from among,
That we thy holy name may praise
in a triumphant song.
48Bless'd be JEHOVAH, Isr'el's God,
to all eternity:
Let all the people say, Amen.
Praise to the Lord give ye.
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Psalms 106
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PSALM 106.
1Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.
3From the rising and the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea.
4They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
5They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
6And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7And he led them into the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.
8Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
9For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
11Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:
12And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them.
13Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
14And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
15Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
16Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.
17He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
18Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
19And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
20He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.
21Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
22And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.
23They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:
24These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.
26They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.
27They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
28And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.
29And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.
30And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.
31Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
32And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
33He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:
34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.
37And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.
38And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
39Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
40Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
41And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
42The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.
43Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord?
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