Psalms 106

1 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory? 2 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice? 3 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance. 4 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless. 5 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand. 6 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last. 7 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider? 8 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge? 9 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain. 10 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law. 11 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked. 12 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance. 13 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart. 14 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity? 15 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. 16 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me. 17 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul. 18 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment? 19 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood. 20 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope. 21 And he will render them their iniquity : and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them. 23 Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. 24 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. 25 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 26 For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his. 27 For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 28 Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us. 29 For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. 30 To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: 31 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works. 32 Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. 33 And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest. 35 A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth. 36 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day. 37 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people. 38 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 39 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. 40 Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary. 41 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour: 42 Bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: 43 Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence. 44 Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice. 45 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof: 46 The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice 47 before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.