Psalms 106
1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
2Let 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,
3from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
4They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.
5They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.
6And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.
7And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
8Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
9For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:
10those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.
11For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.
12And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
13And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.
14And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.
15Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
16For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.
17He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.
18Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.
19And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.
20He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.
21Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
22And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.
23Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:
24these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
25He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.
26They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.
27They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.
28And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.
29And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.
30And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.
31Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
32And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.
33He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,
34a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.
35He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.
36And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.
37And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.
38And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.
39And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.
40Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.
41And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.
42The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.
43Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?
1Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5That 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.
6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7Our 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.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23Therefore 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.
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38And 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.
39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47Save 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.
48Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.