107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for we acknowledge His goodness,For His lovingkindness extends eternally. |
107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary |
107:3 And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. |
107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city. |
107:5 They felt hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. |
107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. |
107:7 He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. |
107:8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! |
107:9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with goodness. |
107:10 There lived those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains, |
107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. |
107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;They stumbled and no one helped. |
107:13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. |
107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart. |
107:15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! |
107:16 For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder. |
107:17 Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, suffered affliction. |
107:18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. |
107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. |
107:20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. |
107:21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! |
107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing. |
107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters; |
107:24 They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep. |
107:25 For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea. |
107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery. |
107:27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And felt at their wits' end. |
107:28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. |
107:29 He caused the storm to cease, So that the waves of the sea quieted. |
107:30 Then they felt glad because they quieted themselves, So He guided them to their desired haven. |
107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! |
107:32 Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. |
107:33 He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; |
107:34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. |
107:35 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; |
107:36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city, |
107:37 And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest. |
107:38 Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. |
107:39 When they suffer loss and become bowed down Through oppression, misery and sorrow, |
107:40 He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste. |
107:41 But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock. |
107:42 The upright see it and receive gladness; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. |
107:43 Who has wisdom? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD. |