【Psalms】Psalm 107 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

107:1 "Give thanks to the LORD who is good, whose love endures forever!"

107:2 Let that be the prayer of the LORD’s redeemed, those redeemed from the handof the foe,

107:3 Those gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.I

107:4 Some had lost their way in a barren desert; found no path toward a city tolive in.

107:5 They were hungry and thirsty; their life was ebbing away.

107:6 In their distress they cried to the LORD, who rescued them in their peril,

107:7 Guided them by a direct path so they reached a city to live in.

107:8 Let them thank the LORD for such kindness, such wondrous deeds for meremortals.

107:9 For he satisfied the thirsty, filled the hungry with good things.II

107:10 Some lived in darkness and gloom, in prison, bound with chains,

107:11 Because they rebelled against God’s word, scorned the counsel of the MostHigh,

107:12 Who humbled their hearts through hardship; they stumbled with no one tohelp.

107:13 In their distress they cried to the LORD, who saved them in their peril,

107:14 Led them forth from darkness and gloom and broke their chains asunder.

107:15 Let them thank the LORD for such kindness, such wondrous deeds for meremortals.

107:16 For he broke down the gates of bronze and snapped the bars of iron.III

107:17 Some fell sick from their wicked ways, afflicted because of their sins.

107:18 They loathed all manner of food; they were at the gates of death.

107:19 In their distress they cried to the LORD, who saved them in their peril,

107:20 Sent forth the word to heal them, snatched them from the grave.

107:21 Let them thank the LORD for such kindness, such wondrous deeds for meremortals.

107:22 Let them offer a sacrifice in thanks, declare his works with shouts of joy.IV

107:23 Some went off to sea in ships, plied their trade on the deep waters.

107:24 They saw the works of the LORD, the wonders of God in the deep.

107:25 He spoke and roused a storm wind; it tossed the waves on high.

107:26 They rose up to the heavens, sank to the depths; their hearts trembled atthe danger.

107:27 They reeled, staggered like drunkards; their skill was of no avail.

107:28 In their distress they cried to the LORD, who brought them out of theirperil,

107:29 Hushed the storm to a murmur; the waves of the sea were stilled.

107:30 They rejoiced that the sea grew calm, that God brought them to the harborthey longed for.

107:31 Let them thank the LORD for such kindness, such wondrous deeds for meremortals.

107:32 Let them praise him in the assembly of the people, give thanks in thecouncil of the elders.V

107:33 God changed rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

107:34 Fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its people.

107:35 He changed the desert into pools of water, arid land into springs of water,

107:36 And settled the hungry there; they built a city to live in.

107:37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards, brought in an abundant harvest.

107:38 God blessed them, they became very many, and their livestock did notdecrease.

107:40 But he poured out contempt on princes, made them wander the trackless wastes,

107:39 Where they were diminished and brought low through misery and crueloppression,

107:41 While the poor were released from their affliction; their families increasedlike their flocks.

107:42 The upright saw this and rejoiced; all wickedness shut its mouth.

107:43 Whoever is wise will take note of these things, will ponder the mercifuldeeds of the LORD.

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