Psalm 107

BOOK 5

PSALM 107

Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble

¹Oh ^agive thanks to Yahweh, for ^bHe is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

²Let ^athe redeemed of Yahweh say so,

Whom He has ^bredeemed from the hand of the adversary

³And ^agathered from the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the ¹south.

⁴They ^awandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland;

They did not find an inhabited ^bcity.

⁵Hungry ¹and thirsty,

Their ^asoul fainted within them.

⁶Then they ^acried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷He led them by a ^1astraight way,

To go to ^ban inhabited city.

^8aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

⁹For He has ^asatisfied the ¹thirsty soul,

And the ^bhungry soul He has filled with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who ^ainhabited darkness and the shadow of death,

^bPrisoners in affliction and irons,

¹¹Because they had ^arebelled against the words of God

And ^bspurned the ^ccounsel of the Most High.

¹²So He subdued their heart with labor;

They stumbled and there was ^anone to help.

¹³Then they ^acried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴He ^abrought them out of darkness and the shadow of death

And ^bbroke their bands apart.

^15aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

¹⁶For He has ^ashattered the doors of bronze

And cut through the bars of iron.

¹⁷¹Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression,

And ^abecause of their iniquities, were afflicted.

¹⁸Their ^asoul abhorred all kinds of food,

And they ^breached the ^cgates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He saved them out of their distresses.

²⁰He ^asent His word and ^bhealed them,

And ^cprovided them escape from their ¹destructions.

^21aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

²²Let them also offer ^asacrifices of thanksgiving,

And ^brecount His works with joyful singing.

²³Those who ^ago down to the sea in ships,

Who do business on many waters;

²⁴They have seen the works of Yahweh,

And His wondrous deeds in the deep.

²⁵He ^aspoke and set up a ^bstormy wind,

Which ^craised up the waves ¹of the sea.

²⁶They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;

Their soul ^amelted away in the ¹calamity.

²⁷They staggered and ^aswayed like a drunken man,

And all their wisdom was swallowed up.

²⁸Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹He ^acaused the storm to stand still,

So that its waves were hushed.

³⁰Then they were glad because they were quiet,

So He led them to their desired haven.

^31aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His ^bwondrous deeds to the sons of men!

³²Let them ^aexalt Him also ^bin the assembly of the people,

And ^cpraise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He ^1amakes rivers into a ²wilderness

And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

³⁴A ^afruitful land into a ^bsalt waste,

Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.

³⁵He ^amakes a wilderness into a pool of water

And a dry land into springs of water;

³⁶And there He causes the hungry to inhabit,

So that they may establish ^aan inhabited city,

³⁷And sow fields and ^aplant vineyards,

And produce a fruitful harvest.

³⁸Also He blesses them and they ^amultiply greatly,

And He ^bdoes not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹But when they ^adecrease and are ^bbowed down

Through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰He ^apours contempt upon nobles

And ^bmakes them wander ^cin a pathless void.

⁴¹But He ^asets the needy ¹securely on high away from affliction,

And ^bmakes his families like a flock.

⁴²The ^aupright see it and are glad;

But all ^bunrighteousness shuts its mouth.

⁴³Who is ^awise? Let him keep these things,

And carefully consider the ^blovingkindnesses of Yahweh.