106 1 Praise Yahweh!
O give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures for ever!
106 2 Who can utter the mighty doings of Yahweh,
or show forth all his praise?
106 3 Blessed are they who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times!
106 4 Remember me, O Yahweh, when you show favour to your people;
help me when you deliver them;
106 5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your heritage.
106 6 Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have committed iniquity,
we have done wickedly.
106 7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea. 106 8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make known his mighty power.
106 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry;
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
106 10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe,
and delivered them from the power of the enemy.
106 11 And the waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.
106 12 Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.
106 13 But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.
106 14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert;
106 15 he gave them what they asked,
but sent a wasting disease among them.
106 16 When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron,
the holy one of Yahweh,
106 17 the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
106 18 Fire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
106 19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped a molten image.
106 20 They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
106 21 They forgot God, their Saviour,
who had done great things in Egypt,
106 22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and terrible things by the Red Sea.
106 23 Therefore he said he would destroy them -
had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
106 24 Then they despised the pleasant land,
having no faith in his promise.
106 25 They murmured in their tents,
and did not obey the voice of Yahweh.
106 26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
106 27 and would disperse their descendants among the nations,
scattering them over the lands.
106 28 Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
106 29 they provoked Yahweh to anger with their doings,
and a plague broke out among them.
106 30 Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,
and the plague was stayed.
106 31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
from generation to generation for ever.
106 32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account;
106 33 for they made his spirit bitter,
and he spoke words that were rash.
106 34 They did not destroy the peoples,
as Yahweh commanded them,
106 35 but they mingled with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
106 36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
106 37 They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to the demons;
106 38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
and the land was polluted with blood.
106 39 Thus they became unclean by their acts,
and played the harlot in their doings.
106 40 Then the anger of Yahweh was kindled against his people,
and he abhorred his heritage;
106 41 he gave them into the hand of the nations,
so that those who hated them ruled over them.
106 42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their power.
106 43 Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes,
and were brought low through their iniquity.
106 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
when he heard their cry.
106 45 He remembered for their sake his covenant,
and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
106 46 He caused them to be pitied
by all those who held them captive.
106 47 Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
106 48 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise Yahweh!