Parallel
Psalms 106
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Praise the LORD!
Hallelujah (note: Or Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the LORD; also in verse 48)! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD,
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
Remember me, LORD, with the favour that you show to your people.
Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
We have sinned with our fathers.
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.
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 (note: Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22).
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
The waters covered their adversaries.
The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
They soon forgot his works.
Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
but gave in to craving in the desert,
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
He gave them their request,
So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
They envied Moses also in the camp,
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
A fire was kindled in their company.
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
They made a calf in Horeb,
At Horeb (note: That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai) they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory
They exchanged their Glory (note: Or their glorious God) for the image of a grass-eating ox.
wondrous works in the land of Ham,
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
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.
Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
but murmured in their tents,
They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
Therefore he swore to them
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
that he would overthrow their offspring amongst the nations,
to disperse (note: Or cast down or cause to fall) their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgement,
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
That was credited to him for righteousness,
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,
At the waters of Meribah (note: Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7.) they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
because they were rebellious against his spirit,
For they rebelled against His Spirit (note: Or they provoked His Spirit), and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
They didn’t destroy the peoples,
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
but mixed themselves with the nations,
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
They shed innocent blood,
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.
Thus they were defiled with their works,
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
Therefore the LORD burnt with anger against his people.
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
He gave them into the hand of the nations.
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them.
Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
He rescued them many times,
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
He remembered for them his covenant,
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
He made them also to be pitied
He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
Save us, LORD, our God,
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.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!