107:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever. |
107:2 So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, |
107:3 And gathered them out of 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 by the way; they found no city to dwell in. |
107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
107:6 Then they cried to the LORD in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles. |
107:7 And He led them by a straight way, so that they might go to a city to dwell. |
107:8 Let them praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of man, |
107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with good things. |
107:10 Some sat in the darkness and in the shadow of death, being chained in affliction and iron |
107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. |
107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; they stumbled, and there was none to help. |
107:13 Then they cried to the LORD in their distress, and He saved them out of their troubles. |
107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder. |
107:15 Let them praise the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:16 For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. |
107:17 Fools are afflicted because of their rebellion and because of their iniquities. |
107:18 They themselves loathed all kinds of food, and they drew near the gates of death. |
107:19 Then they cried unto the LORD in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles. |
107:20 He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. |
107:21 Let them praise the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing! |
107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters, |
107:24 These see the works of the LORD and His wonders in the deep, |
107:25 For He commanded and raised the stormy wind which lifted up the waves of the sea. |
107:26 They mounted up to heaven, they went down again to the depths; their courage melted away because of the peril. |
107:27 They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and were at their wits' end. |
107:28 And they cried to the LORD in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles. |
107:29 He made the storm calm, so that its waves were still. |
107:30 Then they were glad because they were quiet, and He led them to their desired haven. |
107:31 Let them praise the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! |
107:32 And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the assembly of the elders. |
107:33 He turns rivers into a wilderness and watersprings into thirsty ground; |
107:34 A fruitful land is changed into a salty desert because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. |
107:35 He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry ground into watersprings. |
107:36 And He makes the hungry dwell there, so that they may prepare a city of habitation, |
107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. |
107:38 He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and does not allow their livestock to decrease. |
107:39 Again, they have become few and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. |
107:40 He pours contempt upon nobles and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no path. |
107:41 But He raises up the poor from affliction and sets their families like a flock. |
107:42 The righteous shall see it and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop its mouth. |
107:43 Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD. |