Psalm 106 — The Holy Bible

Alleluia.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,

For His mercy endures forever.

Let those redeemed by the Lord say so,

Whom He redeemed from the hand of the enemy.

He gathered them from the countries,

From the east and the west and the north and the south.

They were led astray in the desert, in a place without water;

They did not find a road to an inhabited city;

While hungering and thirsting,

Their soul fainted in them;

And they cried out to the Lord in their affliction,

And He delivered them from their distresses;

And He led them in a straight path,

So they might go to a city of habitation.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercies

And His wonders to the sons of men;

For He fed the empty soul

And filled the hungry soul with good things,

Those sitting in the darkness and shadow of death,

Bound in poverty and fetters;

For they rebelled against the teachings of God

And provoked the counsel of the Most High;

Thus their heart was humbled by troubles;

They were weak, and there was no one to help them;

Then they cried out to the Lord in their afflictions,

And He saved them from their distresses;

And He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,

And broke their chains to pieces.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercies,

His wonders to the sons of men;

For He crushed the gates of bronze

And shattered the bars of iron.

He helped them out of their lawless ways,

For they were humbled because of their transgressions.

Their soul abhorred all manner of food,

And they drew near the gates of death;

Then they cried to the Lord in their afflictions,

And He saved them from their distresses;

He sent His Word and healed them,

And delivered them from their corruptions.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercies

And His wonders to the sons of men,

And let them offer a sacrifice of praise;

And let them proclaim His works with exceeding joy.

Those who go down to the sea in ships,

Who do business in many waters,

These see the works of the Lord

And His wonders in the deep;

He spoke, and a stormy wind arose,

And its waves were lifted up;

They mount up to the heavens

And descend into the deep;

Their soul is consumed with evils;

They were troubled; they were shaken like one drunk with wine,

And all their wisdom was consumed;

Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

He also commanded the storm, and it became a breeze,

And its waves were still;

Then they were glad, for they were silent,

And He guided them to the haven of their desire.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercies

And His wonders to the sons of men;

Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people

And praise Him in the seat of the elders.

He turned rivers into a desert

And streams of water into dry ground,

A fruitful land into salt water,

Because of the evils of those living there.

He turned the desert into pools of water,

And a land without water into streams of water;

Then He caused the hungry to dwell there

And established a city for habitation;

They sowed fields and planted vineyards,

And produced much fruit;

So He blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly,

And their cattle did not diminish.

But they were diminished and maltreated

By the affliction of evils and pain.

Contempt was poured out on princes,

And He made them wander in an impassible place, where there was no road.

Yet He helped the poor man out of his poverty,

And made his families like a flock.

The righteous shall see this and be glad,

And all lawlessness shall stop its mouth.

Who is wise and shall keep these things,

And shall understand the mercies of the Lord?