Psalm 107:23–43

²³Those who went down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the high seas;^f

²⁴they saw the works of Yahweh,

and his wonderful deeds in the deep.

²⁵For he spoke and raised up a stormy wind,

and it whipped up its waves.

²⁶They rose to the heavens; they plunged to the depths.

Their soul melted in their calamity.

²⁷They reeled and staggered like a drunkard,

and they were at their wits’ end.^g

²⁸Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble,

and he brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹He made the storm be still

and their waves became calm.

³⁰Then they were glad because they grew silent,

so he guided them to their desired harbor.

³¹Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love

and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind,

³²and let them exalt him in the congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into a wilderness

and springs of water into thirsty ground,

³⁴a fruitful land into a salty place,

because of the evil of its inhabitants.

³⁵He turns a wilderness into a pool of water

and a dry land into springs of water.

³⁶And he settles the hungry there,

so that they may establish a city to inhabit,

³⁷and sow fields and plant vineyards,

that they may yield fruit at harvest.^h

³⁸And he blesses them and they multiply greatly,

and he does not let their cattle become few.

³⁹When they become few and they are bent down

from the oppression of calamity and grief,

⁴⁰he pours contempt on princes

and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

⁴¹But he protectsⁱ the needy from misery,

and he makes their families like a flock.

⁴²The upright see it and are glad,

and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

⁴³Whoever is wise, then let him observe these things,

and let them consider Yahweh’s acts of loyal love.