Psalms 106

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto 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 can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?	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 he that doeth righteousness at all times.	3 from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me 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 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 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.	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; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.	7 And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.	8 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the 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 him that hated them, and 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 waters covered their enemies: 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 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.	12 And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:	13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.	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; but sent leanness into their soul.	15 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint 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 company of Abiram.	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 company; the flame burned up the wicked.	18 Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.	19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.	20 He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which 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 Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.	22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.
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 Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:	24 these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.	25 He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:	26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.	27 They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, 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 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.	29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.	30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.	31 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses 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 provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly 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, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:	34 a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.
35 But were mingled among the heathen, 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 they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.	36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,	37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.
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 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.	39 And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own 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 gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.	41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.	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 were brought low for their iniquity.	43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
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.