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
106
Praise to Yahweh for His Faithfulness in Israel’s History
1Praise Yah.#Hebrew hallelujah Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.
2Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh,
or proclaim all his praise?
3Blessed are those who observe justice,
he who does righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Yahweh, when you show favor to your people.
Look after me when you deliver,
5that I may see the good done your chosen ones,
to be glad in the joy of your nation,
to glory together with your inheritance.
6We have sinned along with our ancestors.#Or “fathers”
We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt.
7Our ancestors#Or “fathers” in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works.
They did not remember your many acts of loyal love,
and so they rebelled by the sea at the Red Sea.#Literally “sea of reed”
8Yet he saved them for the sake of his name,
to make known his might.
9So he rebuked the Red Sea,#Literally “sea of reed” and it dried up,
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
10Thus he saved them from the hand of the hater
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11But waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.
13They quickly forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.
14And they craved intensely#Literally “craved a craving” in the wilderness,
and tested God in the desert.
15So he gave to them their request,
but he sent leanness into their souls.#Hebrew “soul” or “inner self”
16And they were jealous of Moses in the camp,
and of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and it covered over the gang of Abiram.
18Also fire burned in their assembly;
the flame devoured the wicked.
19They made a calf at Horeb
and bowed down to a cast image.
20And so they exchanged their glory
for an image of an ox that eats grass.
21They forgot God their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22wonders in the land of Ham,
awesome deeds by the Red Sea.#Literally “sea of reed”
23So he said he would exterminate them,
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
to reverse his wrath from destroying them.
24Then they refused the desirable land;
they did not believe his word,
25but grumbled in their tents.
They did not obey the voice of Yahweh.
26So he made an oath#Literally “he lifted his hand,” an act accompanying an oath against them,
to make them drop in the wilderness,
27and to disperse#Or “let drop” their descendants#Literally “seed” among the nations
and to scatter them among the lands.
28They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor,
and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.#Hebrew “sacrifices of dead”
29Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and so the plague was stopped,
31and it was reckoned to him as righteousness
throughout all generations.#Literally “for a generation and a generation”
32They also angered God at the waters of Meribah,
and it went badly for Moses on account of them,
33because they rebelled against his Spirit,#A slightly different verbal form yields “they embittered his spirit”
and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
34They did not exterminate the peoples,
as Yahweh had commanded them, #Hebrew “said to them”
35but they mingled with the nations
and learned their works,
36and served their idols,
which became#Hebrew “and they became” a snare to them.
37They even sacrificed their sons and daughters
to the demons,
38and they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and so the land was defiled with the blood.#Hebrew “bloods,” that is, bloodshed
39And they became unclean by their works,
and were unfaithful in their deeds.
40So Yahweh’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his inheritance.
41Then he gave them into the hand of the nations,
and those who hated them ruled over them.
42And their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their hand.
43Many times he delivered them,
but they rebelled in their counsel,
and were brought low by their iniquity.
44Yet he looked upon their distress
when he heard their cry.
45And he remembered his covenant with them,
and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love.
46And he let them find compassion#Literally “gave them to have mercies”
before all their captors.
47Save us, O Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and boast in your praise.
48Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise Yah.#Hebrew hallelujah
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