JPS - Psalms - 106

106:1  Hallelujah. O give thanks unto HaShem; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.

106:2  Who can express the mighty acts of HaShem, or make all His praise to be heard?

106:3  Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.

106:4  Remember me, O HaShem, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation;

106:5  That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance.

106:6  We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.

106:7  Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

106:8  Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known.

106:9  And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

106:10  And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

106:11  And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left.

106:12  Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.

106:13  They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;

106:14  But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried G-d in the desert.

106:15  And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

106:16  They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of HaShem.

106:17  The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

106:18  And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

106:19  They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

106:20  Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

106:21  They forgot G-d their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;

106:22  Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

106:23  Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.

106:24  Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;

106:25  And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of HaShem.

106:26  Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;

106:27  And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

106:28  They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

106:29  Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

106:30  Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

106:31  And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.

106:32  They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;

106:33  For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.

106:34  They did not destroy the peoples, as HaShem commanded them;

106:35  But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;

106:36  And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them;

106:37  Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

106:38  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.

106:39  Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.

106:40  Therefore was the wrath of HaShem kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.

106:41  And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them.

106:42  Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.

106:43  Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity.

106:44  Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry;

106:45  And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.

106:46  He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive.

106:47  Save us, O HaShem our G-d, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise.

106:48  Blessed be HaShem, the G-d of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah. BOOK V