Psalm 107

BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

THANKSGIVING FOR GOD’S DELIVERANCE

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.^y

²Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim

that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe^z

³and has gathered them from the lands—

from the east and the west,

from the north and the south.^aa

⁴Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,

finding no way to a city where they could live.^ab

⁵They were hungry and thirsty;

their spirits failed^A within them.^a

⁶Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he rescued them from their distress.^b

⁷He led them by the right path

to go to a city where they could live.^c

⁸Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^d

⁹For he has satisfied the thirsty

and filled the hungry with good things.^e

¹⁰Others sat in darkness and gloom—

prisoners in cruel chains^f—

¹¹because they rebelled against God’s commands

and despised the counsel of the Most High.^g

¹²He broke their spirits^C with hard labor;

they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^h

¹³Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he saved them from their distress.ⁱ

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and gloom

and broke their chains apart.^j

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^k

¹⁶For he has broken down the bronze gates

and cut through the iron bars.^l

¹⁷Fools suffered affliction

because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.^m

¹⁸They loathed all food

and came near the gates of death.ⁿ

¹⁹Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he saved them from their distress.^o

²⁰He sent his word and healed them;

he rescued them from their traps.

²¹Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^q

²²Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices

and announce his works with shouts of joy.^r

²³Others went to sea in ships,

conducting trade on the vast water.^s

²⁴They saw the Lord’s works,

his wondrous works in the deep.^t

²⁵He spoke and raised a stormy wind

that stirred up the waves of the sea.^Au

²⁶Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,

their courage^B melting away in anguish,^v

²⁷they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,

and all their skill was useless.^w

²⁸Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

and he brought them out of their distress.^x

²⁹He stilled the storm to a whisper,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.^y

³⁰They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.

Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.^z

³¹Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.^aa

³²Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people

and praise him in the council of the elders.^ab

³³He turns rivers into desert,

springs into thirsty ground,^ac

³⁴and fruitful land into salty wasteland,

because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.^ad

³⁵He turns a desert into a pool,

dry land into springs.^ae

³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there,

and they establish a city where they can live.^af

³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest.^ag

³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;^ah

he does not let their livestock decrease.^a

³⁹When they are diminished and are humbled

by cruel oppression and sorrow,^b

⁴⁰he pours contempt on nobles^c

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.^d

⁴¹But he lifts the needy out of their suffering^e

and makes their families multiply like flocks.^f

⁴²The upright see it and rejoice,^g

and all injustice shuts its mouth.^h

⁴³Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things

and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.ⁱ