1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord because he is good, for his mercie endureth for euer. 2 Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord, or shewe forth all his prayse? 3 Blessed are they that keepe iudgement, and doe righteousnesse at all times. 4 Remember me, O Lord, with the fauour of thy people: visite me with thy saluation, 5 That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen, and reioyce in the ioy of thy people, and glorie with thine inheritance. 6 We haue sinned with our fathers: we haue committed iniquitie, and done wickedly. 7 Our fathers vnderstoode not thy wonders in Egypt, neither remembred they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the Sea, euen at the red sea. 8 Neuerthelesse he saued them for his Names sake, that he might make his power to be knowen. 9 And he rebuked the red Sea, and it was dryed vp, and he led them in the deepe, as in the wildernesse. 10 And he saued them from ye aduersaries hand, and deliuered them from ye hand of the enemie. 11 And the waters couered their oppressours: not one of them was left. 12 Then beleeued they his wordes, and sang prayse vnto him. 13 But incontinently they forgate his workes: they wayted not for his counsell, 14 But lusted with concupiscence in the wildernes, and tempted God in the desert. 15 Then he gaue them their desire: but he sent leannesse into their soule. 16 They enuied Moses also in the tentes, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. 17 Therefore the earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan, and couered the companie of Abiram. 18 And the fire was kindled in their assembly: the flame burnt vp the wicked. 19 They made a calfe in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a bullocke, that eateth grasse. 21 They forgate God their Sauiour, which had done great things in Egypt, 22 Wonderous woorkes in the lande of Ham, and fearefull things by the red Sea. 23 Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stand in the breach before him to turne away his wrath, least he shoulde destroy them. 24 Also they contemned that pleasant land, and beleeued not his worde, 25 But murmured in their tentes, and hearkened not vnto the voice of the Lord. 26 Therefore hee lifted vp his hande against them, to destroy them in the wildernesse, 27 And to destroy their seede among the nations, and to scatter them throughout the countries. 28 They ioyned themselues also vnto Baalpeor, and did eate the offrings of the dead. 29 Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inuentions, and the plague brake in vpon them. 30 But Phinehas stoode vp, and executed iudgement, and the plague was staied. 31 And it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes from generation to generation for euer. 32 They angred him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was punished for their sakes, 33 Because they vexed his spirite, so that hee spake vnaduisedly with his lippes. 34 Neither destroied they the people, as the Lord had commanded them, 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their workes, 36 And serued their idoles, which were their ruine. 37 Yea, they offered their sonnes, and their daughters vnto deuils, 38 And shed innocent blood, euen the blood of their sonnes, and of their daughters, whome they offred vnto the idoles of Canaan, and the lande was defiled with blood. 39 Thus were they steined with their owne woorkes, and went a whoring with their owne inuentions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he abhorred his owne inheritance. 41 And hee gaue them into the hande of the heathen: and they that hated them, were lordes ouer them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were humbled vnder their hand. 43 Many a time did hee deliuer them, but they prouoked him by their counsels: therefore they were brought downe by their iniquitie. 44 Yet hee sawe when they were in affliction, and he heard their crie. 45 And he remembred his couenant towarde them and repented according to the multitude of his mercies, 46 And gaue them fauour in the sight of all them that lead them captiues. 47 Saue vs, O Lord our God, and gather vs from among the heathen, that we may praise thine holy Name, and glorie in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for euer and euer, and let all the people say, So be it. Praise yee the Lord.
Psalm 106 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
Cross references (48)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 105:1; Psalm 136:1; Jeremiah 33:11
- 2 Ephesians 1:19; Romans 11:33; Psalm 145:3–12; Psalm 139:17–18; Job 26:14
- 3 Psalm 15:2; James 1:25; Galatians 6:9; John 15:14; John 13:17
- 4 Psalm 119:132; Luke 23:42; Nehemiah 13:14; Psalm 25:7; Nehemiah 13:31
- 5 John 15:16; Psalm 105:43; Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 66:10; Psalm 105:6
- 6 Nehemiah 9:16; Psalm 78:8; Ezra 9:6–7; 1 Kings 8:47; Nehemiah 9:32–34
- 7 Exodus 14:11–12; Psalm 78:42; Proverbs 1:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; Psalm 78:11
- 8 Exodus 9:16; Ezekiel 20:9; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 20:44; Ezekiel 20:22
- 9 Psalm 18:15; Psalm 78:13; Isaiah 63:11–14; Isaiah 51:10; Nahum 1:4
- 10 Exodus 14:30; Psalm 107:2; Micah 6:4; Psalm 136:24; Job 6:22–23
- 11 Exodus 15:5; Exodus 14:13; Psalm 78:53; Exodus 14:27–28; Exodus 15:19
- 12 Exodus 14:31–15:21; Luke 8:13; John 8:30–31
- 13 Psalm 78:11; Exodus 15:24; Isaiah 48:17–18; Exodus 16:2; Psalm 107:11
- 14 1 Corinthians 10:9; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Numbers 11:4; Exodus 17:2; Hebrews 3:8–10
- 15 Numbers 11:31–34; Isaiah 10:16; Psalm 78:29–31; Isaiah 24:16
- 16 Numbers 16:1–50; Leviticus 21:10–12; Exodus 28:36; Leviticus 21:6–8
- 17 Deuteronomy 11:6; Numbers 26:10; Numbers 16:29–33
- 18 Numbers 16:35–40; Hebrews 12:29; Numbers 16:46
- 19 Exodus 32:35; Exodus 32:4–8; Deuteronomy 9:12–16; Deuteronomy 9:8; 1 Corinthians 10:7
- 20 Jeremiah 2:11; Romans 1:22–23; Exodus 20:4–5; Psalm 89:17; Isaiah 40:18–25
- 21 Psalm 78:42–51; Jeremiah 2:32; Psalm 106:13; Deuteronomy 32:17–18; Psalm 78:11–12
- 22 Psalm 105:23; Psalm 78:51; Exodus 14:25–28; Psalm 105:27–36; Exodus 15:10
- 23 Deuteronomy 9:25; Deuteronomy 9:13–14; James 5:16; Ezekiel 22:30; Numbers 16:5
- 24 Deuteronomy 1:32; Ezekiel 20:6; Hebrews 3:18–19; Numbers 14:31; Hebrews 4:6
- 25 Numbers 14:22; Hebrews 3:15; Deuteronomy 1:26–27; Psalm 95:7–9; Hebrews 3:7–8
- 26 Ezekiel 20:15; Numbers 14:28–35; Psalm 95:11; Hebrews 3:11; Deuteronomy 1:34–35
- 27 Leviticus 26:33; Psalm 44:11; Ezekiel 20:23; Deuteronomy 28:64–65; Deuteronomy 28:37
- 28 Hosea 9:10; Numbers 25:5; Numbers 25:1–3; 1 Corinthians 10:19–20; Deuteronomy 4:3
- 29 1 Corinthians 10:8; Deuteronomy 32:16–21; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Psalm 106:39; Psalm 99:8
- 30 Numbers 25:6–8; Joshua 7:12; Numbers 25:14–15; 1 Kings 18:40–41; Jonah 1:12–15
- 31 Numbers 25:11–13; Mark 14:3–9; Genesis 15:6; Deuteronomy 24:13
- 32 Numbers 20:2–13; Deuteronomy 4:21; Numbers 20:23–24; Psalm 81:7; Deuteronomy 1:37
- 33 Numbers 20:10–11; Psalm 78:40; Psalm 107:11; James 3:2; Psalm 39:1
- 34 Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:16; Judges 1:21; Joshua 23:12–13; Numbers 33:55–56
- 35 Judges 3:5–6; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Judges 2:2–3; Judges 1:27–36
- 36 Deuteronomy 7:16; Judges 2:3; Exodus 23:33; Judges 2:12–15; Psalm 78:58
- 37 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 16:3; Jeremiah 7:31; Deuteronomy 32:17; Ezekiel 23:37
- 38 Numbers 35:33; 2 Kings 21:16; Isaiah 26:21; Deuteronomy 21:9; Jeremiah 2:34
- 39 Ezekiel 20:18; Numbers 15:39; Leviticus 17:7; Hosea 9:1; Isaiah 24:5–6
- 40 Judges 2:14; Deuteronomy 9:29; Judges 3:8; Deuteronomy 32:19; Judges 2:20
- 41 Nehemiah 9:27–38; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:8; Judges 4:1–2; Judges 3:12
- 42 Judges 10:12; Judges 4:3
- 43 Psalm 81:12; Judges 2:16–18; Psalm 1:1; 1 Samuel 12:9–11; Psalm 106:29
- 44 Judges 3:9; Judges 4:3; Nehemiah 9:27–38; Judges 6:6–10; Judges 2:18
- 45 Psalm 105:8; 2 Kings 13:23; Judges 2:18; Lamentations 3:32; Exodus 32:14
- 46 Ezra 9:9; Jeremiah 42:12; 1 Kings 8:50; Jeremiah 15:11; Nehemiah 1:11
- 47 1 Chronicles 16:35–36; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Revelation 7:10–12; Ezekiel 36:24–28; Psalm 107:1–3
- 48 Psalm 41:13; Psalm 89:52; 1 Chronicles 29:10; Psalm 72:18–19; Psalms 105:45–106:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This Psalm is the first of those to which is prefixed the word Allelujah; the meaning of which word, or rather two words, is, Praise the Lord. For this reason he beginneth with praises: "O confess unto the Lord, and call upon His Name" (ver.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… into that Egyptian food for which Esau lost his birthright; for that Thy first-born people worshipped the head of a four-footed beast instead of Thee, turning back in heart towards Egypt, and prostrating Thy image--their own soul--before the image "of an ox that eateth grass." These things found I there; but I fed not on them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… is a work of him whom I just now mentioned, hear what Christ saith; "Ye will do the works of your Father; he was a manslayer from the beginning." But Phinehas became a manslayer, and "it was counted unto him" (so He speaks) "for righteousness:" and Abraham again on becoming not a man-slayer only, but (which was far worse) the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… are all gone out of the way, they are together became unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one: and again, Cursing and stealing, and adultery, and murder are poured out upon the land. Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed unto devils.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Now it was to call and gather together the Gentiles, that that might be fulfilled which we have just now chanted, "Gather us from among the Gentiles, that we may confess to Thy Name, and glory in Thy praise," that the Apostle Paul was sent.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)