638Hb. Hallelujah.
106: 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?
106: 3 Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
106: 4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,
106: 5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
106: 6 We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
106: 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
106: 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.
106: 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a 639wilderness.
639Or, pasture land.
106: 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And ransomed them from the hand of the enemy.
106: 11 And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
106: 12 Then believed they his words; They sang his praise.
106: 13 They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
106: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
106: 15 And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
106: 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron the 640holy one of Jehovah.
640Or, saint of Jehovah.
106: 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
106: 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
106: 19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
106: 20 Thus they changed 641my glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
641Sopherim changed to their glory
106: 21 They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
106: 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.
106: 23 Therefore 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.
106: 24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
106: 25 But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
106: 26 Therefore he 642sware unto them, That he would 643overthrow them in the wilderness,
642Hb. lifted up his hand unto them,
643Hb. make them fall in Similarly in vs. 27.
106: 27 And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
106: 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
106: 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
106: 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
106: 31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
106: 32 They angered him also at the waters of 644Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
644Or, Strife,
106: 33 Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
106: 34 They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,
106: 35 But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
106: 36 And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.
106: 37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
106: 38 And 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.
106: 39 Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.
106: 40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
106: 41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.
106: 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
106: 43 Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
106: 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
106: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
106: 46 He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.
106: 47 Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
106: 48 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. 645Praise ye Jehovah. class=western align=center style=margin-left: 2.54mm> Book V
645Hb. Hallelujah.
