Psalm

106 Praise Jah, YOU people!*+

Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good;+

For his loving-kindness* is to time indefinite.+

 2 Who can utter the mighty performances of Jehovah,+

[Or] can make all his praise to be heard?+

 3 Happy are those observing justice,+

Doing* righteousness all the time.+

 4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with the goodwill toward your people.+

Take care of me with your salvation,+

 5 That I may see the goodness to your chosen ones,+

That I may rejoice with the rejoicing of your nation,+

That I may make my boast with your inheritance.+

 6 We have sinned just the same as our forefathers;+

We have done wrong; we have acted wickedly.+

 7 As for our forefathers in Egypt,

They did not show any insight into your wonderful works.+

They did not remember the abundance of your grand loving-kindness,+

But they behaved rebelliously at the sea, by the Red Sea.+

 8 And he proceeded to save them for the sake of his name,+

So as to make his mightiness known.+

 9 Accordingly he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was gradually dried up;+

And he went walking them through the watery deep* as through the wilderness;+

10 And so he saved them from the hand of the hater+

And reclaimed them from the hand of the enemy.+

11 And the waters came covering their adversaries;+

Not one of them was left.+

12 Then they had faith in his word;+

They began to sing his praise.+

13 Quickly they forgot his works;+

They did not wait for his counsel.+

14 But they showed their selfish desire in the wilderness+

And went putting God* to the proof in the desert.+

15 And he proceeded to give them their request+

And to send a wasting disease* into their soul.+

16 And they began to envy Moses in the camp,+

Even Aaron the holy one of Jehovah.+

17 The earth then opened up and swallowed down Daʹthan,+

And covered over the assembly of A·biʹram.+

18 And a fire went burning among their assembly;+

A flame itself went devouring the wicked ones.+

19 Furthermore, they made a calf in Hoʹreb+

And bowed down to a molten image,+

20 So that they exchanged my glory*+

For a representation of a bull, an eater of vegetation.+

21 They forgot God their Savior,*+

The Doer of great things in Egypt,+

22 Wonderful works in the land of Ham,+

Fear-inspiring things at the Red Sea.+

23 And he was about to say to annihilate them,+

If it had not been for Moses his chosen one,

Who stood in the gap before him,+

To turn back his rage from bringing [them] to ruin.+

24 And they got to contemning the desirable land;+

They had no faith in his word.+

25 And they kept grumbling in their tents;+

They did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.+

26 So he proceeded to raise his hand [in an oath] concerning them,+

That he would make them fall in the wilderness,+

27 And that he would make their offspring fall among the nations,+

And that he would scatter them among the lands.+

28 And they began to attach themselves to Baʹal of Peʹor+

And to eat the sacrifices of the dead ones.+

29 As they were causing offense by their dealings,+

A scourge now broke out among them.+

30 When Phinʹe·has stood up and intervened,+

Then the scourge was halted.

31 And it came to be counted to him as righteousness

For generation after generation to time indefinite.+

32 Further, they caused provocation at the waters of Merʹi·bah,+

So that it went badly with Moses by reason of them.+

33 For they embittered his spirit*

And he began to speak rashly with his lips.+

34 They did not annihilate the peoples,+

As Jehovah had said to them.+

35 And they went mingling with the nations+

And took up learning their works.+

36 And they kept serving* their idols,+

And these came to be a snare to them.+

37 And they would sacrifice their sons+

And their daughters to demons.*+

38 So they kept spilling innocent blood,+

The blood of their sons and their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Caʹnaan;+

And the land came to be polluted with bloodshed.*+

39 And they got to be unclean by their works+

And kept having immoral intercourse by their dealings.+

40 And the anger of Jehovah began to blaze against his people,+

And he came to detest his inheritance.+

41 And he repeatedly gave them into the hand of the nations,+

That those hating them might rule over them,+

42 And that their enemies might oppress them,

And that they might be subdued under their hand.+

43 Many times he would deliver them,+

But they themselves would behave rebelliously in their disobedient course,+

And they would be brought low for their error.+

44 And he* would see the distress of theirs+

When he heard their entreating cry.+

45 And he would remember concerning them his covenant,+

And he would feel regret according to the abundance of his grand loving-kindness.+

46 And he would grant them to be objects of pity

Before all those holding them captive.+

47 Save us, O Jehovah our God,+

And collect us together from the nations+

To give thanks to your holy name,+

To speak exultingly in your praise.+

48 Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel+

From time indefinite even to time indefinite;

And all the people must say* Amen.+

Praise Jah, YOU people!*+