Psalm 106 | English Standard Version

Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good

1 Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise?

3 Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,*

5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

6 Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

13 But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

15 he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.

16 When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,

17 the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

18 Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.

20 They exchanged the glory of God* for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23 Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24 Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.

25 They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.

26 Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27 and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.

28 Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29 they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30 Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.

31 And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.

32 They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33 for they made his spirit bitter,* and he spoke rashly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,

35 but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.

36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

38 they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.

40 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

41 he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.

45 For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

46 He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

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Louis Segond 1910

1 Louez l'Éternel! Louez l'Éternel, car il est bon, Car sa miséricorde dure à toujours!

2 Qui dira les hauts faits de l'Éternel? Qui publiera toute sa louange?

3 Heureux ceux qui observent la loi, Qui pratiquent la justice en tout temps!

4 Éternel, souviens-toi de moi dans ta bienveillance pour ton peuple! Souviens-toi de moi en lui accordant ton secours,

5 Afin que je voie le bonheur de tes élus, Que je me réjouisse de la joie de ton peuple, Et que je me glorifie avec ton héritage!

6 Nous avons péché comme nos pères, Nous avons commis l'iniquité, nous avons fait le mal.

7 Nos pères en Égypte ne furent pas attentifs à tes miracles, Ils ne se rappelèrent pas la multitude de tes grâces, Ils furent rebelles près de la mer, près de la mer Rouge.

8 Mais il les sauva à cause de son nom, Pour manifester sa puissance.

9 Il menaça la mer Rouge, et elle se dessécha; Et il les fit marcher à travers les abîmes comme dans un désert.

10 Il les sauva de la main de celui qui les haïssait, Il les délivra de la main de l'ennemi.

11 Les eaux couvrirent leurs adversaires: Il n'en resta pas un seul.

12 Et ils crurent à ses paroles, Ils chantèrent ses louanges.

13 Mais ils oublièrent bientôt ses oeuvres, Ils n'attendirent pas l'exécution de ses desseins.

14 Ils furent saisis de convoitise dans le désert, Et ils tentèrent Dieu dans la solitude.

15 Il leur accorda ce qu'ils demandaient; Puis il envoya le dépérissement dans leur corps.

16 Ils se montrèrent, dans le camp, jaloux contre Moïse, Contre Aaron, le saint de l'Éternel.

17 La terre s'ouvrit et engloutit Dathan, Et elle se referma sur la troupe d'Abiram;

18 Le feu embrasa leur troupe, La flamme consuma les méchants.

19 Ils firent un veau en Horeb, Ils se prosternèrent devant une image de fonte,

20 Ils échangèrent leur gloire Contre la figure d'un boeuf qui mange l'herbe.

21 Ils oublièrent Dieu, leur sauveur, Qui avait fait de grandes choses en Égypte,

22 Des miracles dans le pays de Cham, Des prodiges sur la mer Rouge.

23 Et il parla de les exterminer; Mais Moïse, son élu, se tint à la brèche devant lui, Pour détourner sa fureur et l'empêcher de les détruire.

24 Ils méprisèrent le pays des délices; Ils ne crurent pas à la parole de l'Éternel,

25 Ils murmurèrent dans leurs tentes, Ils n'obéirent point à sa voix.

26 Et il leva la main pour jurer De les faire tomber dans le désert,

27 De faire tomber leur postérité parmi les nations, Et de les disperser au milieu des pays.

28 Ils s'attachèrent à Baal Peor, Et mangèrent des victimes sacrifiées aux morts.

29 Ils irritèrent l'Éternel par leurs actions, Et une plaie fit irruption parmi eux.

30 Phinées se leva pour intervenir, Et la plaie s'arrêta;

31 Cela lui fut imputé à justice, De génération en génération pour toujours.

32 Ils irritèrent l'Éternel près des eaux de Meriba; Et Moïse fut puni à cause d'eux,

33 Car ils aigrirent son esprit, Et il s'exprima légèrement des lèvres.

34 Ils ne détruisirent point les peuples Que l'Éternel leur avait ordonné de détruire.

35 Ils se mêlèrent avec les nations, Et ils apprirent leurs oeuvres.

36 Ils servirent leurs idoles, Qui furent pour eux un piège;

37 Ils sacrifièrent leurs fils Et leurs filles aux idoles,

38 Ils répandirent le sang innocent, Le sang de leurs fils et de leurs filles, Qu'ils sacrifièrent aux idoles de Canaan, Et le pays fut profané par des meurtres.

39 Ils se souillèrent par leurs oeuvres, Ils se prostituèrent par leurs actions.

40 La colère de l'Éternel s'enflamma contre son peuple, Et il prit en horreur son héritage.

41 Il les livra entre les mains des nations; Ceux qui les haïssaient dominèrent sur eux;

42 Leurs ennemis les opprimèrent, Et ils furent humiliés sous leur puissance.

43 Plusieurs fois il les délivra; Mais ils se montrèrent rebelles dans leurs desseins, Et ils devinrent malheureux par leur iniquité.

44 Il vit leur détresse, Lorsqu'il entendit leurs supplications.

45 Il se souvint en leur faveur de son alliance;

46 Il eut pitié selon sa grande bonté, Et il excita pour eux la compassion De tous ceux qui les retenaient captifs.

47 Sauve-nous, Éternel, notre Dieu! Et rassemble-nous du milieu des nations, Afin que nous célébrions ton saint nom, Et que nous mettions notre gloire à te louer!

48 Béni soit l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël, d'éternité en éternité! Et que tout le peuple dise: Amen! Louez l'Éternel!

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