Psalm 106

New Coverdale Version

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, * and his mercy endures for ever.

Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord, * or show forth all his praise?

Blessed are those who act with justice, * and who always do righteousness.

Remember me, O Lord, according to the favor that you show to your people; * O visit me with your salvation,

That I may see the felicity of your chosen, * and rejoice in the gladness of your people, and give thanks with your inheritance.

We have sinned like our fathers; * we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

Our fathers regarded not your wonders in Egypt, neither did they keep your great goodness in remembrance, * but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Nevertheless, he saved them for his Name’s sake, * that he might make his power known.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; * so he led them through the deep as through a wilderness.

And he saved them from the adversary’s hand, * and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

As for those who troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them; * there was not one of them left.

Then they believed his words * and sang praises unto him.

But soon they forgot his works * and would not wait for his counsel.

A craving came upon them in the wilderness, * and they tempted God in the desert.

So he gave them their desire, * and sent leanness into their soul.

They were envious of Moses also in the camp, * and of Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

So the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan * and covered the company of Abiram,

And fire was kindled in their company; * the flame burnt up the ungodly.

They made a calf in Horeb * and worshiped a molten image.

Thus they exchanged their glory * for the image of a calf that feeds on hay.

And they forgot God their Savior, * who had done great things in Egypt,

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, * and fearful things by the Red Sea.

So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap * to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.

Then they scorned that pleasant land * and gave no credence to his word,

But murmured in their tents * and did not hearken to the voice of the Lord.

Then he lifted up his hand against them * to overthrow them in the wilderness,

To cast out their seed among the nations, * and to scatter them in all the lands.

They joined themselves to Baal-Peor * and ate the offerings to the dead.

Thus they provoked him to anger with their wanton deeds, * and the plague broke out among them.

Then Phineas stood up and interceded, * and so the plague was ended;

And that was counted to him as righteousness * among all generations for evermore.

They angered him also at the waters of strife, * so that he punished Moses for their misdeeds;

For they provoked him to anger, * so that he spoke rashly with his lips.

Neither did they destroy the peoples * as the Lord commanded them,

But intermingled among the nations * and learned their heathen ways,

So that they worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them; * they offered their sons and their daughters to demons,

And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, * whom they offered to the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

Thus were they defiled by their own works * and went whoring with their own deeds.

Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, * and he abhorred his own inheritance,

And he gave them over into the hands of the nations, * and those who hated them were lords over them.

Their enemies oppressed them * and held them in subjection.

Many a time did he deliver them, * but they rebelled against him through their own devices, and were brought down in their wickedness.

Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity, * when he heard their lamentation,

He remembered his covenant and pitied them, according to the multitude of his mercies; * he made all those who led them away captive to pity them.

Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, * that we may give thanks to your holy Name and make our boast of your praise.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and world without end, * and let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the Lord.