The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 107

 107:1Give thanks to Yahweh,
      For he is good,

 For his lovingkindness endures forever.

 107:2Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so,
      Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
      107:3Gathered out of the lands,
      From the east and from the west,
      From the north and from the south.

 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way.
      They found no city to live in.

 107:5Hungry and thirsty,
      Their soul fainted in them.

 107:6Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
      And he delivered them out of their distresses,

 107:7He led them also by a straight way,
      That they might go to a city to live in.

 107:8Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness,
      For his wonderful works to the children of men!

  107:9For he satisfies the longing soul.
      He fills the hungry soul with good.

 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
      Being bound in affliction and iron,
      107:11Because they rebelled against the words of God,
      And condemned the counsel of the Most High.

 107:12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor.
      They fell down, and there was none to help.

 107:13Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
      And he saved them out of their distresses.

 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
      And broke their bonds in sunder.

 107:15Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness,
      For his wonderful works to the children of men!

  107:16For he has broken the gates of brass,
      And cut through bars of iron.

 107:17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience,
      And because of their iniquities.

 107:18Their soul abhors all kinds of food.
      They draw near to the gates of death.

 107:19Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,
      He saves them out of their distresses.

 107:20He sends his word, and heals them,
      And delivers them from their graves.

 107:21Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness,
      For his wonderful works to the children of men!

  107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
      And declare his works with singing.

 107:23Those who go down to the sea in ships,
      Who do business in great waters;
      107:24These see Yahweh's works,
      And his wonders in the deep.

 107:25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind,
      Which lifts up its waves.

 107:26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths.
      Their soul melts away because of trouble.

 107:27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man,
      And are at their wits' end.

 107:28Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,
      He brings them out of their distress.

 107:29He makes the storm a calm,
      So that its waves are still.

 107:30Then are they glad because it is calm,
      So he brings them to their desired haven.

 107:31Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness,
      For his wonderful works to the children of men!

  107:32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
      And praise him in the seat of the elders.

 107:33He turns rivers into a desert,
      Water springs into a thirsty ground,
      107:34And a fruitful land into a salt waste,
      For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

 107:35He turns a desert into a pool of water,
      And a dry land into water springs.

 107:36There he makes the hungry to live,
      That they may prepare a city to live in,
      107:37Sow fields, plant vineyards,
      And reap the fruits of increase.

 107:38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly.
      He doesn't allow their cattle to decrease.

 107:39Again, they are diminished and bowed down
      Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

 107:40He pours contempt on princes,
      And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

 107:41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction,
      And increases their families like a flock.

 107:42The upright will see it, and be glad.
      All the wicked will shut their mouths.

 107:43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things.
      They will consider the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.

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