Psalm 106–107

Psalm 106

^1†Praise ye the Lord.

^aO give thanks unto the Lord; ^bfor he is good:

^cFor 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 ^edoeth righteousness ^fat all times.

^4gRemember 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 ^hthy chosen,

That I may rejoice in the gladness of ⁱthy nation,

That I may glory with thine inheritance.

⁶We have ^ksinned ^lwith our fathers,

^kmWe have committed iniquity, ^knwe have done wickedly.

⁷Our fathers ^ounderstood not thy wonders in Egypt;

They ^premembered not the multitude of thy mercies;

But ^qprovoked him at the sea, even at ^rthe Red sea.

⁸Nevertheless he saved them ^sfor his name’s sake,

That he ^tmight make his mighty power to be known.

^9uHe ^wrebuked the Red sea also, and it was ^xdried up:

So ^yhe led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

¹⁰And ^zhe saved them from the hand of him that hated them,

And ^aredeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹And ^bthe waters covered their enemies:

^cThere was not one of them left.

¹²Then ^dbelieved they his words;

They ^dsang his praise.

^13e†They soon forgat his works;

They ^fwaited not for his counsel:

^14gBut ^†lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

And ^htempted God in ⁱthe desert.

¹⁵And ^jhe gave them their request;

But sent ^kleanness into their soul.

^16lThey envied Moses also in the camp,

And ^mAaron the saint of the Lord.

¹⁷ⁿThe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

And ^ocovered ⁿthe company of Abiram.

¹⁸And ^pa fire was kindled in their company;

^qThe flame burned up ^rthe wicked.

^19sThey made a calf ^tin Horeb,

And worshipped the molten image.

²⁰Thus ^uthey changed their glory

Into ^xthe similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

²¹They ^yforgat God their saviour,

Which had done ^zgreat things in Egypt;

²²Wondrous works in the land ^aof Ham,

And ^zterrible things by ^bthe Red sea.

^23cTherefore ^dhe said that he would destroy them,

Had not Moses ^ehis chosen stood before him ^fin the breach,

To turn away his wrath, ^glest he should destroy them.

²⁴Yea, ^hthey despised ^†the pleasant land,

They ⁱbelieved not his word:

^25kBut ^lmurmured in their tents,

And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

²⁶Therefore ^mhe lifted up his hand against them,

^†To overthrow them in the wilderness:

^27†To overthrow their seed also among the nations,

And to ⁿscatter them in the lands.

²⁸They ^ojoined themselves also unto ^pBaal-peor,

And ^qate the sacrifices of ^rthe dead.

²⁹Thus they provoked him to anger with ^stheir inventions:

And the plague brake in upon them.

³⁰Then ^tstood up Phinehas, and ^uexecuted judgment:

And so ^tthe plague was stayed.

³¹And ^wthat was counted unto him for righteousness

Unto all generations for evermore.

^32xThey ^yangered him also at the waters of strife,

^zSo that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

³³Because they ^aprovoked his spirit,

^bSo that he ^cspake unadvisedly with his lips.

^34dThey did not destroy the nations,

Concerning whom ^ethe Lord commanded them:

^35fBut were mingled among the heathen,

And learned their works.

³⁶And ^gthey served their idols:

^hWhich were a snare unto them.

³⁷Yea, ⁱthey sacrificed their sons

And their daughters unto ^kdevils,

³⁸And shed innocent blood,

Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

ⁱWhom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:

And ^lthe land was polluted with blood.

³⁹Thus were they ^mdefiled with their own works,

And ^mnwent a whoring with ^otheir own inventions.

⁴⁰Therefore ^pwas the wrath of the Lord kindled against ^qhis people,

Insomuch that he abhorred ^qhis own inheritance.

⁴¹And ^phe gave them into ^rthe hand of the heathen;

And they that hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies also ^soppressed them,

And they were ^tbrought into subjection under their hand.

^43uMany times did he deliver them;

But they ^aprovoked him ^wwith their counsel,

And were ^||brought low for their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded ^xtheir affliction,

When ^yhe heard their ^zcry:

⁴⁵And he ^aremembered for them his covenant,

And ^brepented ^caccording to the multitude of his mercies.

^46dHe made them also ^eto be pitied

Of all those that carried them captives.

^47fSave us, O Lord our God,

And ^ggather us from among the heathen,

To give thanks unto thy holy name,

And to triumph in thy praise.

^48hBlessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:

And let ⁱall the people say, ^kAmen.

^†Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 107

^1aO give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:

For his mercy endureth for ever.

²Let ^bthe redeemed of the Lord say so,

^cWhom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

³And ^dgathered them out of ^ethe lands,

From the east, and from the west, from the north, and ^†from the south.

⁴They ^fwandered in the wilderness in ^ga solitary way;

They found no ^ggcity to dwell in.

^5hHungry and thirsty,

Their soul ⁱfainted in them.

^6jThen they cried unto the Lord ^kin their trouble,

And he delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷And he led them forth by the ^lright way,

That they might go to ^gga city of habitation.

^8mOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹ⁿFor he satisfieth the ^olonging soul,

And filleth the ^phungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰Such as ^qsit in darkness and ^rin the shadow of death,

Being ^sbound in affliction and iron;

¹¹Because they ^trebelled against the words of God,

And ^ucontemned the ^wcounsel of the most High:

¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;

They fell down, and there was ^xnone to help.

^13yThen they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,

And he saved them out of their distresses.

^14zHe brought them out of ^adarkness and the shadow of death,

And ^bbrake their bands in sunder.

^15bbOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

¹⁶For he hath ^cbroken the gates of brass,

And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

^17dFools because of their transgression,

And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

^18eTheir soul abhorreth all manner of meat;

And ^fthey draw near unto ^gthe gates of death.

^19hThen they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,

And he saveth them out of their distresses.

²⁰He ^iksent ^khis word, and ^lhealed them,

And ^mdelivered them from their ⁿdestructions.

^21oOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

²²And let them ^psacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,

And ^qdeclare his works with ^†rejoicing.

^23rThey that go down to the sea in ships,

That do business in ^sgreat waters;

²⁴These see the works of the Lord,

And his wonders in the deep.

²⁵For ^the commandeth, and ^†raiseth the ^ustormy wind,

Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

²⁶They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:

Their soul ^xis melted because of trouble.

²⁷They reel to and fro, and ^ystagger ^zlike a drunken man,

And ^†are at their wits’ end.

^28aThen they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,

And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

^29bHe maketh the storm a ^ccalm,

So that the waves thereof are still.

³⁰Then are they glad because they ^dbe quiet;

So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

^31eOh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

³²Let them ^fexalt him also ^gin the congregation of the people,

And ^gpraise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness,

And the watersprings into ^hdry ground;

³⁴ⁱA fruitful land into ^†barrenness,

For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

^35kHe turneth the wilderness into ^kla standing water,

And ^mdry ground into watersprings.

³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,

That they may prepare ⁿa city for habitation;

³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,

Which may yield fruits of increase.

³⁸He blesseth them also, so that ^othey are multiplied greatly;

And suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low

Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

^40pHe poureth contempt upon princes,

^qAnd causeth them to wander in the ^||wilderness, where there is no way.

⁴¹Yet ^rsetteth he the poor on high ^||from affliction,

And ^smaketh him families like a flock.

^42tThe righteous shall see it, and rejoice:

And all ^uiniquity shall stop her mouth.

^43xWhoso is wise, and will observe these things,

Even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.