Psalms
107
- Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
- Let the redeemed of the LORD say this
-- those he redeemed from the hand of the
foe,
- those he gathered from the lands, from east
and west, from north and south.
- Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding
no way to a city where they could settle.
- They were hungry and thirsty, and their
lives ebbed away.
- Then they cried out to the LORD in their
trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
- He led them by a straight way to a city
where they could settle.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for his
unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
- for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the
hungry with good things.
- Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
- for they had rebelled against the words
of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
- So he subjected them to bitter labor; they
stumbled, and there was no one to help.
- Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
- He brought them out of darkness and the
deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for his
unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
- for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts
through bars of iron.
- Some became fools through their rebellious
ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
- They loathed all food and drew near the
gates of death.
- Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
- He sent forth his word and healed them;
he rescued them from the grave.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for his
unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
- Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell
of his works with songs of joy.
- Others went out on the sea in ships; they
were merchants on the mighty waters.
- They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful
deeds in the deep.
- For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that
lifted high the waves.
- They mounted up to the heavens and went
down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
- They reeled and staggered like drunken men;
they were at their wits' end.
- Then they cried out to the LORD in their
trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
- He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves
of the sea were hushed.
- They were glad when it grew calm, and he
guided them to their desired haven.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for his
unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
- Let them exalt him in the assembly of the
people and praise him in the council of the elders.
- He turned rivers into a desert, flowing
springs into thirsty ground,
- and fruitful land into a salt waste, because
of the wickedness of those who lived there.
- He turned the desert into pools of water
and the parched ground into flowing springs;
- there he brought the hungry to live, and
they founded a city where they could settle.
- They sowed fields and planted vineyards
that yielded a fruitful harvest;
- he blessed them, and their numbers greatly
increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
- Then their numbers decreased, and they were
humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
- he who pours contempt on nobles made them
wander in a trackless waste.
- But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
and increased their families like flocks.
- The upright see and rejoice, but all the
wicked shut their mouths.
- Whoever is wise, let him heed these things
and consider the great love of the LORD.
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