Psalms 107
1 Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness for his kindness endures forever.
BOOK V 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'
2 Let this be the song of the ransomed, whom the Lord has redeemed from distress,
So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;
3 gathering them from all lands, east, west, north, and south.
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
4 In the wastes of the desert some wandered, finding no way to a city inhabited.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.
5 Full of hunger and thirst, their spirit failed.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses,
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 guiding them straight on the way, till they reached an inhabited city.
And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people;
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 for the thirsty he satisfies, and the hungry he fills with good things.
For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.
10 Some sat in darkness and gloom prisoners in irons and misery,
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron —
11 for rebelling against God’s word, and spurning the Most High’s counsel.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.
12 Their heart was bowed with toil; there was no one to help when they stumbled.
Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help —
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.
They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.
14 Out of darkness and gloom he brought them, and burst their chains.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
15 Let them praise the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For he shattered the gates of bronze, and broke bars of iron.
For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Some were sick from their wicked ways, and suffering because of their sins.
Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities —
18 All manner of food they hated; they had come to the gates of death.
Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death —
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.
They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;
20 He sent his word and healed them, and delivered their life from the pit.
He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.
21 Let them praise the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them offer to him thankofferings, and with joy tell what things he has done.
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.
23 Some crossed the sea in ships, doing business in great waters.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters —
24 They have seen what the Lord can do, and his wonderful deeds on the deep.
These saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep;
25 At his command rose a tempest, which lifted the waves on high.
For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;
26 Up to heaven they went, down to the depths; their courage failed them.
They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;
27 They staggered and reeled like drunkards; all their skills useless.
They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.
They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.
30 They were glad, because it was quiet; they were led to the haven they longed for.
Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.
31 Let them praise the Lord, for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Where the people assemble, extol him, and praise him in council of elders.
Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.
33 He turns streams into a wilderness, springs of water into thirsty land,
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;
34 fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the sin of the people.
A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 A desert he makes pools of water, a land of drought into springs of water.
He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.
36 He settles the hungry therein, they establish a city to live in.
And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
37 They sow fields and plant vineyards, which furnish a fruitful yield.
And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.
38 By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he lets not their cattle decrease.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Yet when they are bowed and diminished by oppression, misfortune, or sorrow,
Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.
40 he pours contempt upon princes, and on trackless wastes leads them astray
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
41 He lifts the poor out of misery, and makes families fruitful as flocks.
Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.
42 At this sight shall the upright be glad, and all wicked mouths shall be stopped.
The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
43 Let those who are wise observe this, and consider the love of the Lord
Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD.
