Psalms 106

halelu-yah hodu la-Adonai ki-tov ki le'olam khasdo

Hallelujah. Praise GOD, who is good— whose steadfast love is eternal.

mi yemallel gevurot Adonai yashmia kol-tehillato

Who can tell GOD’s mighty acts, proclaim all due praises?

ashre shomere mishpat oseh tsedaqah vekhol-et

Happy are those who act justly, who do right at all times.

zokhreni Adonai birtson ammekha poqdeni bishu'atekha

Be mindful of me, O ETERNAL One, when You favor Your people; take note of me when You deliver them,

lirot betovat bekhirekha lismoakh besimkhat goyekha lehithallel im-nakhalatekha

that I may enjoy the prosperity of Your chosen ones, share the joy of Your nation, glory in Your very own people.

khatanu im-avotenu he'evinu hirsha'enu

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have gone astray, done evil.

avotenu vemitsrayim lo-hiskilu nifle'otekha lo zakheru et-rov khasadekha vayyamru al-yam beyam-suf

Our ancestors in Egypt did not perceive Your wonders; they did not remember Your abundant love, but rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Reeds.

vayyoshi'em lema'an shemo lehodia et-gevurato

Yet they were saved, as befits God’s name, to make known God’s might.

vayyigar beyam-suf vayyekherav vayyolikhem battehomot kammidbar

A blast was sent against the Sea of Reeds; it became dry; they were led through the deep as through a wilderness.

vayyoshi'em miyyad sone vayyigalem miyyad oyev

They were delivered from the foe, redeemed from the enemy.

vayekhassu-mayim tsarehem ekhad mehem lo notar

Water covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.

vayya'aminu vidvarayw yashiru tehillato

Then they believed God’s promise, and sang God’s praises.

miharu shakhekhu ma'asayw lo-khikku la'atsato

But they soon forgot those deeds; they would not wait to learn the divine plan.

vayyitavvu ta'avah bammidbar vayenassu-el bishimon

They were seized with craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the wasteland.

vayyitten lahem she'elatam vayeshallakh razon benafsham

They were given what they asked for, then made to waste away.

vayeqanu lemosheh bammakhaneh le'aharon qedosh Adonai

There was envy of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, GOD’s holy one.

tiftakh-erets vattivla datan vattekhas al-adat aviram

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, closed over the party of Abiram.

vattivar-esh ba'adatam lehavah telahet resha'im

A fire blazed among their party, a flame that consumed the wicked.

ya'asu-egel bekhorev vayyishtakhavu lemassekhah

They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a molten image.

vayyamiru et-kevodam betavnit shor okhel esev

They exchanged their glory for the image of a bull that feeds on grass.

shakhekhu el moshi'am oseh gedolot bemitsrayim

They forgot God who saved them, who performed great deeds in Egypt,

nifla'ot be'erets kham nora'ot al-yam-suf

wondrous deeds in the land of Ham, awesome deeds at the Sea of Reeds.

vayyomer lehashmidam lule mosheh vekhiro amad bapperets lefanayw lehashiv khamato mehashkhit

They would have been destroyed had not Moses, God’s chosen one, stood in the breach to avert God’s destructive wrath.

vayyimasu be'erets khemdah lo-he'eminu lidvaro

They rejected the desirable land, and put no faith in the divine promise.

vayyeragenu ve'oholehem lo shame'u beqol Adonai

They grumbled in their tents and disobeyed GOD.

vayyissa yado lahem lehappil otam bammidbar

So a divine hand was raised in oath to make them fall in the wilderness,

ulehappil zaram baggoyim ulezarotam ba'aratsot

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them through the lands.

vayyitsamedu leva'al pe'or vayyokhelu zivkhe metim

They attached themselves to Baal Peor, ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

vayyakhisu bema'allehem vattifrots-bam maggefah

They provoked anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

vayya'amod pinekhas vayefallel vatte'atsar hammaggefah

Phinehas stepped forth and intervened, and the plague ceased.

vattekhashev lo litsdaqah ledor vador ad-olam

It was reckoned to his merit for all generations, to eternity.

vayyaqtsifu al-me merivah vayyera lemosheh ba'avuram

They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah and Moses suffered on their account,

ki-himru et-rukho vayevatte bisfatayw

because they rebelled against [God] and he spoke rashly.

lo-hishmidu et-ha'ammim asher amar Adonai lahem

They did not destroy the nations as GOD had commanded them,

vayyitarevu vaggoyim vayyilmedu ma'asehem

but mingled with the nations and learned their ways.

vayya'avdu et-atsabbehem vayyihyu lahem lemoqesh

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare for them.

vayyizbekhu et-benehem ve'et-benotehem lashedim

Their own sons and daughters they sacrificed to demons.

vayyishpekhu dam naqi dam-benehem uvenotehem asher zibbekhu la'atsabbe khena'an vattekhenaf ha'arets baddamim

They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land was polluted with bloodguilt.

vayyitme'u vema'asehem vayyiznu bema'allehem

Thus they became defiled by their acts, debauched through their deeds.

vayyikhar-af Adonai be'ammo vayeta'ev et-nakhalato

GOD was angry with this people and abhorred them as an inheritance.

vayyittenem beyad-goyim vayyimshelu vahem sone'ehem

They were handed over to the nations; their foes ruled them.

vayyilkhatsum oyevehem vayyikkane'u takhat yadam

Their enemies oppressed them and they were subject to their power.

pe'amim rabbot yatsilem vehemmah yamru va'atsatam vayyamokku ba'avonam

They were saved time and again, but they were deliberately rebellious, and so they were brought low by their iniquity.

vayyar batsar lahem beshomo et-rinnatam

Upon seeing that they were in distress, and hearing their cry,

vayyizkor lahem berito vayyinnakhem kerov khasadav

[God] was mindful of the covenant and in great faithfulness relented.

vayyitten otam lerakhamim lifne kol-shovehem

Their captors were made to be kindly disposed toward them.

hoshi'enu Adonai elohenu veqabbetsenu min-haggoyim lehodot leshem qodshekha lehishtabbeakh bithillatekha

Deliver us, our ETERNAL God, and gather us from among the nations, to acclaim Your holy name, to glory in Your praise.

barukh-Adonai elohe yisra'el min-ha'olam ve'ad ha'olam ve'amar kol-ha'am amen halelu-yah

Blessed is the ETERNAL, God of Israel, From eternity to eternity. Let all the people say, “Amen.” Hallelujah.