Psalms 106

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.	1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
2 Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?	2 Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.	3 from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
4 Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.	4 They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.
5 That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.	5 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.
6 We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.	6 And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.	7 And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
8 And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.	8 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.	9 For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:
10 And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.	10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.
11 And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.	11 For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.
12 And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.	12 And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
13 They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsels.	13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.
14 And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.	14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.
15 And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.	15 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.	16 For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.	17 He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.
18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.	18 Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.
19 They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.	19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.
20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.	20 He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.
21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,	21 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
22 wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.	22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.
23 And 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 Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:
24 And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,	24 these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
25 and they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.	25 He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.
26 And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;	26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.
27 And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.	27 They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.
28 They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.	28 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.
29 And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.	29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.
30 Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.	30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.
31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.	31 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
32 They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:	32 And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.
33 because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.	33 He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,
34 They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.	34 a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.
35 And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:	35 He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.
36 and served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.	36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.
37 And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.	37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.
38 And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,	38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.
39 and was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.	39 And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.
40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.	40 Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.	41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.
42 And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:	42 The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.
43 many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.	43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?
44 And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.
45 And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.
47 Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.