Psalm 106 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Praise ye Jehovah.\par\tab Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;\par\tab For his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever.

² Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,\par\tab Or show forth all his praise?

³ Blessed are they that keep justice,\par\tab And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people;\par\tab Oh visit me with thy salvation,

⁵ That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen,\par\tab That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,\par\tab That I may glory with thine inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers,\par\tab We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;\par\tab They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses,\par\tab But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,\par\tab That he might make his mighty power to be known.

⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:\par\tab So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,\par\tab And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ And the waters covered their adversaries;\par\tab There was not one of them left.

¹² Then believed they his words;\par\tab They sang his praise.

¹³ They soon forgat his works;\par\tab They waited not for his counsel,

¹⁴ But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,\par\tab And tempted God in the desert.

¹⁵ And he gave them their request,\par\tab But sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp,\par\tab {\i And} Aaron the saint of Jehovah.

¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,\par\tab And covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company;\par\tab The flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb,\par\tab And worshipped a molten image.

²⁰ Thus they changed their glory\par\tab For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

²¹ They forgat God their Saviour,\par\tab Who had done great things in Egypt,

²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham,\par\tab {\i And} terrible things by the Red Sea.

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them,\par\tab Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,\par\tab To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy {\i them}.

²⁴ Yea, they despised the pleasant land,\par\tab They believed not his word,

²⁵ But murmured in their tents,\par\tab And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

²⁶ Therefore he sware unto them,\par\tab That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

²⁷ And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,\par\tab And scatter them in the lands.

²⁸ They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,\par\tab And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;\par\tab And the plague brake in upon them.

³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;\par\tab And so the plague was stayed.

³¹ And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,\par\tab Unto all generations for evermore.

³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,\par\tab So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

³³ Because they were rebellious against his spirit,\par\tab And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples,\par\tab As Jehovah commanded them,

³⁵ But mingled themselves with the nations,\par\tab And learned their works,

³⁶ And served their idols,\par\tab Which became a snare unto them.

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

³⁸ And shed innocent blood,\par\tab Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,\par\tab Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;\par\tab And the land was polluted with blood.

³⁹ Thus were they defiled with their works,\par\tab And played the harlot in their doings.

⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,\par\tab And he abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations;\par\tab And they that hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them,\par\tab And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

⁴³ Many times did he deliver them;\par\tab But they were rebellious in their counsel,\par\tab And were brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress,\par\tab When he heard their cry:

⁴⁵ And he remembered for them his covenant,\par\tab And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied\par\tab Of all those that carried them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, O Jehovah our God,\par\tab And gather us from among the nations,\par\tab To give thanks unto thy holy name,\par\tab And to triumph in thy praise.

⁴⁸ Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,\par\tab From everlasting even to everlasting.\par\tab And let all the people say, Amen.\par\tab Praise ye Jehovah.