# Psalm 106 ## Psalm 106:1 - [KJV] Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for *he is* good: for his mercy *endureth* for ever. - [ASV] Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness *endureth* forever. - [YLT] Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, *is* His kindness. ### Notes on Psalm 106:1 - ## Psalm 106:2 - [KJV] Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? *who* can shew forth all his praise? - [ASV] Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise? - [YLT] Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise? ### Notes on Psalm 106:2 - ## Psalm 106:3 - [KJV] Blessed *are* they that keep judgment, *and* he that doeth righteousness at all times. - [ASV] Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times. - [YLT] O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times. ### Notes on Psalm 106:3 - ## Psalm 106:4 - [KJV] Remember me, O LORD, with the favour *that thou bearest unto* thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; - [ASV] Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation, - [YLT] Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation. ### Notes on Psalm 106:4 - ## Psalm 106:5 - [KJV] That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance. ### Notes on Psalm 106:5 - ## Psalm 106:6 - [KJV] We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. - [ASV] We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. - [YLT] We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly. ### Notes on Psalm 106:6 - ## Psalm 106:7 - [KJV] Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked *him* at the sea, *even* at the Red sea. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph. ### Notes on Psalm 106:7 - ## Psalm 106:8 - [KJV] Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. - [ASV] Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known. - [YLT] And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might, ### Notes on Psalm 106:8 - ## Psalm 106:9 - [KJV] He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. - [ASV] He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness. - [YLT] And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness. ### Notes on Psalm 106:9 - ## Psalm 106:10 - [KJV] And he saved them from the hand of him that hated *them*, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. - [ASV] And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. - [YLT] And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy. ### Notes on Psalm 106:10 - ## Psalm 106:11 - [KJV] And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. - [ASV] And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left. - [YLT] And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left. ### Notes on Psalm 106:11 - ## Psalm 106:12 - [KJV] Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. - [ASV] Then believed they his words; They sang his praise. - [YLT] And they believe in His words, they sing His praise, ### Notes on Psalm 106:12 - ## Psalm 106:13 - [KJV] They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: - [ASV] They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel, - [YLT] They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel. ### Notes on Psalm 106:13 - ## Psalm 106:14 - [KJV] But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. - [ASV] But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. - [YLT] And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert. ### Notes on Psalm 106:14 - ## Psalm 106:15 - [KJV] And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. - [ASV] And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. - [YLT] And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul. ### Notes on Psalm 106:15 - ## Psalm 106:16 - [KJV] They envied Moses also in the camp, *and* Aaron the saint of the LORD. - [ASV] They envied Moses also in the camp, *And* Aaron the saint of Jehovah. - [YLT] And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one. ### Notes on Psalm 106:16 - ## Psalm 106:17 - [KJV] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. - [ASV] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram. - [YLT] Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram. ### Notes on Psalm 106:17 - ## Psalm 106:18 - [KJV] And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. - [ASV] And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. - [YLT] And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked. ### Notes on Psalm 106:18 - ## Psalm 106:19 - [KJV] They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. - [ASV] They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image. - [YLT] They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image, ### Notes on Psalm 106:19 - ## Psalm 106:20 - [KJV] Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. - [ASV] Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass. - [YLT] And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs. ### Notes on Psalm 106:20 - ## Psalm 106:21 - [KJV] They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; - [ASV] They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt, - [YLT] They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt, ### Notes on Psalm 106:21 - ## Psalm 106:22 - [KJV] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, *and* terrible things by the Red sea. - [ASV] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, *And* terrible things by the Red Sea. - [YLT] Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph. ### Notes on Psalm 106:22 - ## Psalm 106:23 - [KJV] 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*. - [ASV] 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*. - [YLT] And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying. ### Notes on Psalm 106:23 - ## Psalm 106:24 - [KJV] Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: - [ASV] Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word, - [YLT] And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word. ### Notes on Psalm 106:24 - ## Psalm 106:25 - [KJV] But murmured in their tents, *and* hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. - [ASV] But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. - [YLT] And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah. ### Notes on Psalm 106:25 - ## Psalm 106:26 - [KJV] Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: - [ASV] Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness, - [YLT] And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness, ### Notes on Psalm 106:26 - ## Psalm 106:27 - [KJV] To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. - [ASV] And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands. - [YLT] And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands. ### Notes on Psalm 106:27 - ## Psalm 106:28 - [KJV] They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. - [ASV] They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead. - [YLT] And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead, ### Notes on Psalm 106:28 - ## Psalm 106:29 - [KJV] Thus they provoked *him* to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. - [ASV] Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them. - [YLT] And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them, ### Notes on Psalm 106:29 - ## Psalm 106:30 - [KJV] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and *so* the plague was stayed. - [ASV] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed. - [YLT] And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained, ### Notes on Psalm 106:30 - ## Psalm 106:31 - [KJV] And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. - [ASV] And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore. - [YLT] And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age. ### Notes on Psalm 106:31 - ## Psalm 106:32 - [KJV] They angered *him* also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: - [ASV] They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; - [YLT] And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes, ### Notes on Psalm 106:32 - ## Psalm 106:33 - [KJV] Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. - [ASV] Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips. - [YLT] For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips. ### Notes on Psalm 106:33 - ## Psalm 106:34 - [KJV] They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: - [ASV] They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them, - [YLT] They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them, ### Notes on Psalm 106:34 - ## Psalm 106:35 - [KJV] But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. - [ASV] But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works, - [YLT] And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works, ### Notes on Psalm 106:35 - ## Psalm 106:36 - [KJV] And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. - [ASV] And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them. - [YLT] And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare. ### Notes on Psalm 106:36 - ## Psalm 106:37 - [KJV] Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, - [ASV] Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, - [YLT] And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers, ### Notes on Psalm 106:37 - ## Psalm 106:38 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood. ### Notes on Psalm 106:38 - ## Psalm 106:39 - [KJV] Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. - [ASV] Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings. - [YLT] And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings. ### Notes on Psalm 106:39 - ## Psalm 106:40 - [KJV] Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. - [ASV] Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance. - [YLT] And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance. ### Notes on Psalm 106:40 - ## Psalm 106:41 - [KJV] And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. - [ASV] And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them. - [YLT] And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them, ### Notes on Psalm 106:41 - ## Psalm 106:42 - [KJV] Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. - [ASV] Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. - [YLT] And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand. ### Notes on Psalm 106:42 - ## Psalm 106:43 - [KJV] Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked *him* with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. - [ASV] Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. - [YLT] Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity. ### Notes on Psalm 106:43 - ## Psalm 106:44 - [KJV] Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: - [ASV] Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry: - [YLT] And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry, ### Notes on Psalm 106:44 - ## Psalm 106:45 - [KJV] And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. - [ASV] And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. - [YLT] And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness. ### Notes on Psalm 106:45 - ## Psalm 106:46 - [KJV] He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. - [ASV] He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive. - [YLT] And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors. ### Notes on Psalm 106:46 - ## Psalm 106:47 - [KJV] Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, *and* to triumph in thy praise. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise. ### Notes on Psalm 106:47 - ## Psalm 106:48 - [KJV] Blessed *be* the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. - [ASV] Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah. - [YLT] Blessed *is* Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, 'Amen, praise Jah!' ### Notes on Psalm 106:48 -