Psalm 107
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v1
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
v2
Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
v3
and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
v4
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
v5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
v6
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
v7
he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
v8
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
v9
For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
v10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
v11
because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
v12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
v13
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
v14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
v15
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
v16
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
v17
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
v18
Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
v19
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.
v20
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
v21
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
v22
Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
v23
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;
v24
These see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
v25
For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
v26
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
v27
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
v28
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
v29
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
v30
Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
v31
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
v32
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
v33
He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
v34
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
v35
He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
v36
There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
v37
sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
v38
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
v39
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
v40
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
v41
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
v42
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
v43
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.