Psalms107

¹Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good , for his steadfast love endures forever !

²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

³and gathered in from the lands , from the east and from the west , from the north and from the south .

⁴Some wandered in desert wastes , finding no way to a city to dwell in;

⁵hungry and thirsty , their soul fainted within them.

⁶Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble , and he delivered them from their distress .

⁷He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in .

⁸Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love , for his wondrous works to the children of man !

⁹For he satisfies the longing soul , and the hungry soul he fills with good things .

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death , prisoners in affliction and in irons ,

¹¹for they had rebelled against the words of God , and spurned the counsel of the Most High .

¹²So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor ; they fell down , with none to help .

¹³Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble , and he delivered them from their distress .

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death , and burst their bonds apart .

¹⁵Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love , for his wondrous works to the children of man !

¹⁶For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron .

¹⁷Some were fools through their sinful ways , and because of their iniquities suffered affliction ;

¹⁸they loathed any kind of food , and they drew near to the gates of death .

¹⁹Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble , and he delivered them from their distress .

²⁰He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction .

²¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love , for his wondrous works to the children of man !

²²And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving , and tell of his deeds in songs of joy !

²³Some went down to the sea in ships , doing business on the great waters ;

²⁴they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep .

²⁵For he commanded and raised the stormy wind , which lifted up the waves of the sea.

²⁶They mounted up to heaven ; they went down to the depths ; their courage melted away in their evil plight ;

²⁷they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits ’ end .

²⁸Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble , and he delivered them from their distress .

²⁹He made the storm be still , and the waves of the sea were hushed .

³⁰Then they were glad that the waters were quiet , and he brought them to their desired haven .

³¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love , for his wondrous works to the children of man !

³²Let them extol him in the congregation of the people , and praise him in the assembly of the elders .

³³He turns rivers into a desert , springs of water into thirsty ground ,

³⁴a fruitful land into a salty waste , because of the evil of its inhabitants .

³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water , a parched land into springs of water .

³⁶And there he lets the hungry dwell , and they establish a city to live in ;

³⁷they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield .

³⁸By his blessing they multiply greatly , and he does not let their livestock diminish .

³⁹When they are diminished and brought low through oppression , evil , and sorrow ,

⁴⁰he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes ;

⁴¹but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks .

⁴²The upright see it and are glad , and all wickedness shuts its mouth .

⁴³Whoever is wise , let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.