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.