Psalm 107:4–22

⁴They wandered around the desert on a deserted road 

without finding an inhabited city. 

⁵They were hungry and thirsty. 

They began to lose hope. 

⁶In their distress they cried out to the Lord. 

He rescued them from their troubles. 

⁷He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city. 

⁸Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. 

He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants. 

⁹He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. 

He filled those who were hungry with good food. 

¹⁰Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow 

were prisoners in misery. 

They were held in iron chains 

¹¹because they had rebelled against God’s words 

and had despised the advice given by the Most High. 

¹²So he humbled them with hard work. 

They fell down, but no one was there to help them. 

¹³In their distress they cried out to the Lord. 

He saved them from their troubles. 

¹⁴He brought them out of the dark, out of death’s shadow. 

He broke apart their chains. 

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. 

He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants. 

¹⁶He shattered bronze gates 

and cut iron bars in two. 

¹⁷Fools suffered because of their disobedience 

and because of their crimes. 

¹⁸All food was disgusting to them, 

and they came near death’s gates. 

¹⁹In their distress they cried out to the Lord. 

He saved them from their troubles. 

²⁰He sent his message and healed them. 

He rescued them from the grave. 

²¹Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. 

He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants. 

²²Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. 

Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.