Psalm 106

¹ Praise ye the Lord, O to the Lord

give thanks, for good is he:

for his mercy continu’d is

to perpetuity.

² Who can the Lord’s strong acts forth tell?

or all his praise display?

³ Blest they that judgment keep: and who

doth righteousness alway.

⁴ With favour of thy people, Lord,

do thou remember me:

and me with that salvation

visit which is of thee:

⁵ To see thy chosen’s good, to joy

in gladness of thy nation:

that with thine own inheritance

I might have exultation.

⁶ As our forefathers so have we

sinn’d erroneously:

we practis’d have iniquity,

we have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers did not understand

thy wonders in Egypt,

nor was thy mercies’ multitude

in their remembrance kept:

but at the sea at the Red sea

⁸ vex’d him. Yet for his own

name’s sake he sav’d them: that he might

his mighty pow’r make known.

⁹ The Red sea also he rebuk’d,

and dried up it was:

so that as through the wilderness,

through depths he made them pass.

¹⁰ And from the hand of him that did

them hate, he set them free:

and them redeemed from his hand

that was their enemy.

¹¹ The waters covered their foes:

of them there was left none.

¹² They did believe his word; they sang

his praises thereupon.

¹³ They soon forgot his works; nor would

they for his counsel stay:

¹⁴ But much i’th wilderness did lust;

i’th desert God try’d they.

¹⁵ And he their suit them gave; but sent

leanness their soul into.

¹⁶ They envy’d Moses in the camp,

Aaron God’s saint also.

¹⁷ The open’d earth, Dathan devour’d;

and hid Abiram’s troop.

¹⁸ And fire was kindled in their rout:

flame burnt the wicked up.

¹⁹ In Horeb made a calf; also

molt image worshipp’d they.

²⁰ They chang’d their glory to be like,

an ox that eateth hay.

²¹ They God forgot their saviour; which

in Egypt did great acts:

²² Works wondrous in the land of Ham:

by th’ Red sea dreadful facts.

²³ And said he would them waste; had not

Moses stood whom he chose

‘fore him i’th breach, to turn his wrath,

lest that he should waste those.

²⁴ Yet they despis’d the pleasant land:

nor did believe his word:

²⁵ But murmur’d in their tents: the voice

they heard not of the Lord.

²⁶ To make them fall i’th desert then,

‘gainst them he lift his hands.

²⁷ ‘Mongst nations eke to sell their seed,

and scatter them i’th lands.

²⁸ And to Baalpeor they join’d themselves:

ate off’rings of the dead.

²⁹ Their works his wrath did thus provoke:

the plague amongst them spread.

³⁰ Then Phin’has rose, and judgment did:

and so the plague did stay.

³¹ Which justice to him counted was:

to age and age for aye.

³² At the waters of contention

they anger’d him also:

so that with Moses for their sakes,

it very ill did go:

³³ Because his spirit they provok’d:

with’s lips to speak rashly.

³⁴ The nations as the Lord them charg’d,

they ‘stroy’d not utterly:

³⁵ But were amongst the heathen mix’d,

and learn’d their works to do:

³⁶ And did their idols serve; which them

became a snare unto.

³⁷ Yea, unto devils, they their sons

and daughters offered.

³⁸ And guiltless blood, blood of their sons

and of their daughters shed,

whom unto Canaan’s idols they

offer’d in sacrifice:

the land with blood abundantly

polluted was likewise.

³⁹ Thus with the works were they defil’d

which they themselves had done:

and they did go a whoring with

inventions of their own.

⁴⁰ Therefore against his folk the wrath

was kindl’d of the Lord:

so that he the inheritance

which was his own abhorr’d.

⁴¹ And he gave them to heathen’s hand;

their haters their lords were.

⁴² Their foes enthrall’d them; under their hand

made them the yoke to bear.

⁴³ Oft he deliver’d them; but they

provok’d him bitterly

with their counsel, and were brought low

for their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Yet, he regarded their distress;

when he did hear their plaint.

⁴⁵ And he did to remembrance call

for them his covenant:

and in his many mercies did

⁴⁶ repent. And made them be

pity’d of all that led them forth

into captivity.

⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God, and us

from heathen’s gath’ring raise

to give thanks to thy holy name:

to triumph in thy praise.