Noyes - Psalms - 106

106:1  Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his mercy endureth for ever!

106:2  Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?

106:3  Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise righteousness at all times!

106:4  Remember me, O LORD! with the favor promised to thy people; O visit me with thy salvation!

106:5  That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy people, That I may glory with thine inheritance!

106:6  We have sinned with our fathers; We have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.

106:7  Our fathers in Egypt did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, the Red sea.

106:8  Yet he saved them for his own name’s sake. That he might make his mighty power to be known.

106:9  He rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep as through a desert.

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

106:11  The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

106:12  Then believed they his words, And sang his praise.

106:13  But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.

106:14  They gave way to appetite in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert;

106:15  And he gave them their request, But sent upon them leanness.

106:16  They also envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

106:17  Then the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram,

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

106:19  They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image;

106:20  They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.

106:21  They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

106:22  Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at the Red sea.

106:23  Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.

106:24  They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;

106:25  But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.

106:26  Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;

106:27  That he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

106:28  They also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.

106:29  Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.

106:30  Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment, And the plague was stayed.

106:31  And this was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations for ever.

106:32  They provoked him also at the waters of Meribah [strife], And evil befell Moses on their account.

106:33  For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.

106:34  They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.

106:35  They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.

106:36  They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.

106:37  Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to demons,

106:38  And shed innocent blood, The blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

106:39  Thus they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.

106:40  Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own inheritance.

106:41  And he gave them into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them ruled over them.

106:42  Their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.

106:43  Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him by their devices, And they were brought low for their iniquities.

106:44  Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;

106:45  He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,

106:46  And caused them to find pity Among all that carried them captive.

106:47  Save us, O Jehovah, our God! and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to thy holy name, And glory in thy praise!

106:48  Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise ye Jehovah!