Psalms 106

הַֽלְלוּיָ֨הּ ׀ הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

מִ֗י יְ֭מַלֵּל גְּבוּר֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה יַ֝שְׁמִ֗יעַ כָּל־תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

אַ֭שְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵ֣י מִשְׁפָּ֑ט עֹשֵׂ֖ה צְדָקָ֣ה בְכָל־עֵֽת׃

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

זָכְרֵ֣נִי יְ֭הוָה בִּרְצ֣וֹן עַמֶּ֑ךָ פָּ֝קְדֵ֗נִי בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

לִרְא֤וֹת ׀ בְּט֘וֹבַ֤ת בְּחִירֶ֗יךָ לִ֭שְׂמֹחַ בְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת גּוֹיֶ֑ךָ לְ֝הִתְהַלֵּ֗ל עִם־נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

חָטָ֥אנוּ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

אֲב֘וֹתֵ֤ינוּ בְמִצְרַ֨יִם ׀ לֹא־הִשְׂכִּ֬ילוּ נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א זָ֭כְרוּ אֶת־רֹ֣ב חֲסָדֶ֑יךָ וַיַּמְר֖וּ עַל־יָ֣ם בְּיַם־סֽוּף׃

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

וַֽ֭יּוֹשִׁיעֵם לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמ֑וֹ לְ֝הוֹדִ֗יעַ אֶת־גְּבוּרָתֽוֹ׃

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

וַיִּגְעַ֣ר בְּיַם־ס֭וּף וַֽיֶּחֱרָ֑ב וַיּוֹלִיכֵ֥ם בַּ֝תְּהֹמ֗וֹת כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

וַֽ֭יּוֹשִׁיעֵם מִיַּ֣ד שׂוֹנֵ֑א וַ֝יִּגְאָלֵ֗ם מִיַּ֥ד אוֹיֵֽב׃

He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

וַיְכַסּוּ־מַ֥יִם צָרֵיהֶ֑ם אֶחָ֥ד מֵ֝הֶ֗ם לֹ֣א נוֹתָֽר׃

The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

וַיַּאֲמִ֥ינוּ בִדְבָרָ֑יו יָ֝שִׁ֗ירוּ תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

מִֽ֭הֲרוּ שָׁכְח֣וּ מַעֲשָׂ֑יו לֹֽא־חִ֝כּ֗וּ לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּ תַ֭אֲוָה בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵ֝֗ל בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לָ֭הֶם שֶׁאֱלָתָ֑ם וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח רָז֣וֹן בְּנַפְשָֽׁם׃

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

וַיְקַנְא֣וּ לְ֭מֹשֶׁה בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה לְ֝אַהֲרֹ֗ן קְד֣וֹשׁ יְהוָֽה׃

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

תִּפְתַּח־אֶ֭רֶץ וַתִּבְלַ֣ע דָּתָ֑ן וַ֝תְּכַ֗ס עַל־עֲדַ֥ת אֲבִירָֽם׃

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

וַתִּבְעַר־אֵ֥שׁ בַּעֲדָתָ֑ם לֶ֝הָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט רְשָׁעִֽים׃

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵ֥גֶל בְּחֹרֵ֑ב וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּ לְמַסֵּכָֽה׃

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

וַיָּמִ֥ירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָ֑ם בְּתַבְנִ֥ית שׁ֝֗וֹר אֹכֵ֥ל עֵֽשֶׂב׃

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

שָׁ֭כְחוּ אֵ֣ל מוֹשִׁיעָ֑ם עֹשֶׂ֖ה גְדֹל֣וֹת בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

נִ֭פְלָאוֹת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חָ֑ם נ֝וֹרָא֗וֹת עַל־יַם־סֽוּף׃

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה בְחִיר֗וֹ עָמַ֣ד בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ לְפָנָ֑יו לְהָשִׁ֥יב חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃

So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

וַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֑ה לֹֽא־הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ לִדְבָרֽוֹ׃

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

וַיֵּרָגְנ֥וּ בְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָֽה׃

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

וַיִּשָּׂ֣א יָד֣וֹ לָהֶ֑ם לְהַפִּ֥יל א֝וֹתָ֗ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

וּלְהַפִּ֣יל זַ֭רְעָם בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗ם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

וַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּ לְבַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר וַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּ זִבְחֵ֥י מֵתִֽים׃

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

וַ֭יַּכְעִיסוּ בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑ם וַתִּפְרָץ־בָּ֝֗ם מַגֵּפָֽה׃

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד פִּֽ֭ינְחָס וַיְפַלֵּ֑ל וַ֝תֵּעָצַ֗ר הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

וַתֵּחָ֣שֶׁב ל֭וֹ לִצְדָקָ֑ה לְדֹ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

וַ֭יַּקְצִיפוּ עַל־מֵ֥י מְרִיבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥רַע לְ֝מֹשֶׁ֗ה בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אֶת־רוּח֑וֹ וַ֝יְבַטֵּ֗א בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

לֹֽא־הִ֭שְׁמִידוּ אֶת־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה לָהֶֽם׃

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֑ם וַֽ֝יִּלְמְד֗וּ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם וַיִּהְי֖וּ לָהֶ֣ם לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

וַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ אֶת־בְּ֭נֵיהֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם לַשֵּֽׁדִים׃

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

וַיִּֽשְׁפְּכ֨וּ דָ֪ם נָקִ֡י דַּם־בְּנֵ֘יהֶ֤ם וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר זִ֭בְּחוּ לַעֲצַבֵּ֣י כְנָ֑עַן וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ף הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ בַּדָּמִֽים׃

They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

וַיִּטְמְא֥וּ בְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗ בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף יְהוָ֣ה בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וַ֝יְתָעֵ֗ב אֶת־נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם בְּיַד־גּוֹיִ֑ם וַֽיִּמְשְׁל֥וּ בָ֝הֶ֗ם שֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

וַיִּלְחָצ֥וּם אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וַ֝יִּכָּנְע֗וּ תַּ֣חַת יָדָֽם׃

Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבּ֗וֹת יַצִּ֫ילֵ֥ם וְ֭הֵמָּה יַמְר֣וּ בַעֲצָתָ֑ם וַ֝יָּמֹ֗כּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

וַ֭יַּרְא בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם בְּ֝שָׁמְע֗וֹ אֶת־רִנָּתָֽם׃

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר לָהֶ֣ם בְּרִית֑וֹ וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗ם כְּרֹ֣ב (חסדו) [חֲסָדָֽיו] ׃

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אוֹתָ֣ם לְרַחֲמִ֑ים לִ֝פְנֵ֗י כָּל־שׁוֹבֵיהֶֽם׃

He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

הוֹשִׁיעֵ֨נוּ ׀ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְקַבְּצֵנוּ֮ מִֽן־הַגּ֫וֹיִ֥ם לְ֭הֹדוֹת לְשֵׁ֣ם קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

בָּר֤וּךְ־יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֪י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל מִן־הָ֤עוֹלָ֨ם ׀ וְעַ֬ד הָעוֹלָ֗ם וְאָמַ֖ר כָּל־הָעָ֥ם אָמֵ֗ן הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.