Psalm 106:23–43

²³They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:

²⁴These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.

²⁶They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.

²⁷They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

²⁸And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

³⁰And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.

³¹Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

³²And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.

³³He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of waters into dry ground:

³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry land into water springs.

³⁶And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.

³⁷And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.

³⁸And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

³⁹Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

⁴⁰Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.

⁴¹And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

⁴²The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

⁴³Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord?