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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Psalm 106
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1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
2 Let 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,
3 from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
4 They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.
5 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.
6 And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.
7 And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
8 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
9 For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:
10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.
11 For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.
12 And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.
14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.
15 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
16 For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.
17 He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.
18 Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.
19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.
20 He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.
21 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.
23 Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:
24 these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
25 He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.
26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.
27 They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.
28 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.
29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.
30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.
31 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
32 And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.
33 He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,
34 a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.
35 He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.
36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.
37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.
38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.
39 And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.
40 Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.
41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.
42 The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.
43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?
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