Psalms 107
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- 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
- 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.
- 3He gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- 4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
- 6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
- 7And he led them forth by the right way, so that they might go to a city to dwell in.
- 8Oh that people would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 9For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
- 10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
- 11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
- 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.
- 13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.
- 15Oh that people would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 16For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart.
- 17Fools, because of their transgression and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- 18Their soul abhors all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
- 19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
- 20He sent his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- 21Oh that people would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
- 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
- 24these see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
- 25For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it.
- 26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble.
- 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
- 28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.
- 29He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.
- 30Then they are glad because they are quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.
- 31Oh that people would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 32Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
- 33He turns rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into dry ground,
- 34a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- 35He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
- 36And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation,
- 37and sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- 38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and does not allow their cattle to decrease.
- 39Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
- 40He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- 41Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.
- 42The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
- 43Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.