Psalms 106:1-8

Psalm 106 ¹ 

106:1 Praise the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

and his loyal love endures! ² 

106:2 Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts,

or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? ³ 

106:3 How blessed are those who promote justice,

and do what is right all the time!

106:4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people!

Pay attention to me, when you deliver,

106:5 so I may see the prosperity ⁴  of your chosen ones,

rejoice along with your nation, ⁵ 

and boast along with the people who belong to you. ⁶ 

106:6 We have sinned like ⁷  our ancestors; ⁸ 

we have done wrong, we have done evil.

106:7 Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds,

they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love,

and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea. ⁹ 

106:8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, ¹⁰ 

that he might reveal his power.

[106:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 106. The psalmist recalls Israel’s long history of rebellion against God, despite his mighty saving deeds on their behalf.

[106:1]  ² tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”

[106:2]  ³ tn Heb “[or] cause to be heard all his praise.”

[106:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “good.”

[106:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “in order that [I may] rejoice with the rejoicing of your nation.”

[106:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “with your inheritance.”

[106:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “with.”

[106:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 7).

[106:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “Reed Sea” (also in vv. 9, 22). “Reed Sea” (or “Sea of Reeds”) is a more accurate rendering of the Hebrew expression יָם סוּף (yam suf), traditionally translated “Red Sea.” See the note on the term “Red Sea” in Exod 13:18.

[106:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.