107:1 O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy {and} loving-kindness endure forever! |
107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary, |
107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the [Red] Sea in the south. |
107:4 Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation. |
107:5 Hungry and thirsty, they fainted; their lives were near to being extinguished. |
107:6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. |
107:7 He led them forth by the straight {and} right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes. |
107:8 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:9 For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good. |
107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons, |
107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High. |
107:12 Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled {and} fell down, and there was none to help. |
107:13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. |
107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them. |
107:15 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:16 For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart. |
107:17 Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities. |
107:18 They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death. |
107:19 Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses. |
107:20 He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit {and} destruction. |
107:21 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy {and} singing! |
107:23 Some go down to the sea {and} travel over it in ships to do business in great waters; |
107:24 These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. |
107:25 For He commands and raises up the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea. |
107:26 [Those aboard] mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight. |
107:27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits' end [all their wisdom has come to nothing]. |
107:28 Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. |
107:29 He hushes the storm to a calm {and} to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still. |
107:30 Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven. |
107:31 Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness {and} loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:32 Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders. |
107:33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground, |
107:34 A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. |
107:35 He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water springs; |
107:36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation, |
107:37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards which yield fruits of increase. |
107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease. |
107:39 When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, |
107:40 He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road. |
107:41 Yet He raises the poor {and} needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock. |
107:42 The upright shall see it and be glad, but all iniquity shall shut its mouth. |
107:43 Whoso is wise [if there be any truly wise] will observe {and} heed these things; and they will diligently consider the mercy {and} loving-kindness of the Lord. |