Psalms 106

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.	1 Al eluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his faithful love is everlasting!
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?	2 Who can recount al Yahweh's triumphs, who can ful y voice his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.	3 How blessed are those who keep to what is just, whose conduct is always upright!
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;	4 Remember me, Yahweh, in your love for your people. Come near to me with your saving power,
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.	5 let me share the happiness of your chosen ones, let me share the joy of your people, the pride ofyour heritage.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.	6 Like our ancestors, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly, guiltily;
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.	7 our ancestors in Egypt never grasped the meaning of your wonders. They did not bear in mind yourcountless acts of love, at the Sea of Reeds they defied the Most High;
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.	8 but for the sake of his name he saved them, to make known his mighty power.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.	9 At his rebuke the Sea of Reeds dried up, he let them pass through the deep as though it were desert,
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.	10 so he saved them from their opponents' clutches, rescued them from the clutches of their enemies.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.	11 The waters enveloped their enemies, not one of whom was left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.	12 Then they believed what he had said, and sang his praises.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:	13 But they soon forgot his achievements, they did not even wait for his plans;
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.	14 they were overwhelmed with greed in the wastelands, in the solitary wastes they challenged God.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.	15 He gave them al they asked for, but struck them with a deep wasting sickness;
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.	16 in the camp they grew jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, Yahweh's holy one.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.	17 The earth opened and swal owed up Dathan, closed in on Abiram's faction;
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.	18 fire flamed out against their faction, the renegades were engulfed in flames.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.	19 At Horeb they made a calf, bowed low before cast metal;
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.	20 they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bull.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;	21 They forgot the God who was saving them, who had done great deeds in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.	22 such wonders in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Sea of Reeds.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.	23 He thought of putting an end to them, had not Moses, his chosen one, taken a stand in the breachand confronted him, to turn his anger away from destroying them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:	24 They counted a desirable land for nothing, they put no trust in his promise;
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.	25 they stayed in their tents and grumbled, they would not listen to Yahweh's voice.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:	26 So he lifted his hand against them, to strike them down in the desert,
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.	27 to strike down their descendants among the nations, to scatter them al over the world.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.	28 They committed themselves to serve Baal-Peor, and ate sacrifices made to lifeless gods.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.	29 They so provoked him by their actions that a plague broke out among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.	30 Then up stood Phinehas to intervene, and the plague was checked;
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.	31 for this he is the example of uprightness, from age to age for ever.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:	32 At the waters of Meribah they so angered Yahweh, that Moses suffered on their account,
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.	33 for they had embittered his spirit, and he spoke without due thought.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:	34 They did not destroy the nations, as Yahweh had told them to do,
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.	35 but intermarried with them, and adopted their ways.
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.	36 They worshipped those nations' false gods, til they found themselves entrapped,
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,	37 and sacrificed their own sons and their daughters to demons.
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.	38 Innocent blood they shed, the blood of their sons and daughters; offering them to the idols ofCanaan, they pol uted the country with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.	39 They defiled themselves by such actions, their behaviour was that of a harlot.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.	40 Yahweh's anger blazed out at his people, his own heritage fil ed him with disgust.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.	41 He handed them over to the nations, and their opponents became their masters;
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.	42 their enemies lorded it over them, crushing them under their rule.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.	43 Time and again he rescued them, but they stil defied him deliberately, and sank ever deeper in theirguilt;
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:	44 even so he took pity on their distress, as soon as he heard them cry out.
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.	45 Bearing his covenant with them in mind, he relented in his boundless and faithful love;
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.	46 he ensured that they received compassion, in their treatment by al their captors.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.	47 Save us, Yahweh our God, gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holyname, and may glory in praising you.
	48 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from all eternity and for ever! Let all the people say, 'Amen'.