PsalmsChapter 107

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¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His faithful love lasts forever. ²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so. He has redeemed them, buying them back from the hand of the enemy. ³He gathered them from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south. ⁴Some wandered in empty deserts.
They found no path to a city where they could live. ⁵They were hungry and thirsty.
Their life was fading away inside them. ⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble.
And he rescued them from their pain. ⁷He led them on a straight path
to reach a city where they could live. ⁸Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and for the wonders he does for people. ⁹For he gives the thirsty all they need.
He fills the hungry with good things. ¹⁰Some sat in darkness, in the shadow of death.
They were prisoners in misery and chains. ¹¹This was because they rebelled against the words of God.
They looked down on the advice of the Most High. ¹²So he humbled their hearts with hard work.
They stumbled, and no one was there to help. ¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble.
And he saved them from their pain. ¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death.
He broke off their chains. ¹⁵Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and for the wonders he does for people. ¹⁶For he has broken down the gates of bronze.
He has cut through the bars of iron. ¹⁷Some were fools who went their own rebel ways.
Because of their sins, they suffered. ¹⁸They hated the sight of all food.
They came near to the gates of death. ¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble.
And he saved them from their pain. ²⁰He sent out his word and healed them.
He rescued them from the pit of death. ²¹Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and for the wonders he does for people. ²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanks.
Let them tell about his works with songs of joy. ²³Others went out to sea in ships.
They traded goods on the mighty waters. ²⁴They saw the works of the LORD.
They saw his wonders in the deep sea. ²⁵For he spoke and stirred up a great storm.
It lifted up the waves of the sea. ²⁶The sailors rose up to the sky,
then sank down to the depths.
Their courage melted away in their fear. ²⁷They rolled and staggered like drunk men.
All their skill was no use. ²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble.
And he brought them out of their pain. ²⁹He calmed the storm to a whisper.
The waves of the sea grew still. ³⁰They were glad when it was quiet.
And he guided them to the harbor they wanted. ³¹Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and for the wonders he does for people. ³²Let them lift him up in the gathering of the people.
Let them praise him in the meeting of the elders. ³³He turns rivers into deserts.
He turns springs of water into thirsty ground. ³⁴He turns good farmland into fields of salt.
He does this because the people living there are wicked. ³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water.
He turns dry land into flowing springs. ³⁶He lets the hungry settle there,
so that they can build a city where they can live. ³⁷They plant fields and vineyards.
These give them a rich harvest. ³⁸He blesses them, and they grow into many people.
He does not let their herds get smaller. ³⁹When they become few and are brought low
by cruel rulers, by evil, and by sorrow, ⁴⁰he pours out shame on the nobles.
He makes them wander in a wasteland with no paths. ⁴¹But he lifts the needy out of their suffering.
He makes their families grow like flocks. ⁴²Honest people see it and are glad.
And all evil shuts its mouth. ⁴³Whoever is wise, let him pay attention to these things.
Let him think about the faithful love of the LORD.