Psalm 107

BOOK 5

PSALM 107

The Lord Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles.

¹Oh ^agive thanks to the Lord, for ^bHe is good,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

²Let ^athe redeemed of the Lord 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 in a ¹desert region;

They did not find a way to ²an inhabited ^bcity.

⁵They were hungry ¹and thirsty;

Their ^asoul fainted within them.

⁶Then they ^acried out to the Lord in their trouble;

He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷He led them also by a ^1astraight way,

To go to ^2ban inhabited city.

^8aLet them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,

And for His ¹wonders 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 ^adwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,

^bPrisoners in ¹misery and ²chains,

¹¹Because they had ^arebelled against the words of God

And ^bspurned the ^ccounsel of the Most High.

¹²Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;

They stumbled and there was ^anone to help.

¹³Then they ^acried out to the Lord 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 the Lord for His lovingkindness,

And for His ¹wonders to the sons of men!

¹⁶For He has ^ashattered gates of bronze

And cut bars of iron asunder.

¹⁷Fools, because of ¹their rebellious way,

And ^abecause of their iniquities, were afflicted.

¹⁸Their ^asoul abhorred all kinds of food,

And they ^bdrew near to the ^cgates of death.

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

He saved them out of their distresses.

²⁰He ^asent His word and ^bhealed them,

And ^cdelivered them from their ¹destructions.

^21aLet them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,

And for His ¹wonders to the sons of men!

²²Let them also offer ^asacrifices of thanksgiving,

And ^btell of His works with joyful singing.

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

Who do business on great waters;

²⁴They have seen the works of the Lord,

And His ¹wonders in the deep.

²⁵For He ^aspoke and raised up a ^bstormy wind,

Which ^clifted up the waves ¹of the sea.

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

Their soul ^amelted away in their misery.

²⁷They reeled and ^astaggered like a drunken man,

And ¹were at their wits’ end.

²⁸Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

²⁹He ^acaused the storm to be still,

So that the waves ¹of the sea were hushed.

³⁰Then they were glad because they were quiet,

So He guided them to their desired haven.

^31aLet them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,

And for His ^1bwonders to the sons of men!

³²Let them ^aextol Him also ^bin the congregation of the people,

And ^cpraise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³He ^1achanges rivers into a ²wilderness

And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

³⁴A ^afruitful land into a ^bsalt waste,

Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

³⁵He ^1achanges a ²wilderness into a pool of water

And a dry land into springs of water;

³⁶And there He makes the hungry to dwell,

So that they may establish ^1aan inhabited city,

³⁷And sow fields and ^aplant vineyards,

And ¹gather a fruitful harvest.

³⁸Also He blesses them and they ^amultiply greatly,

And He ^bdoes not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹When they are ^adiminished and ^bbowed down

Through oppression, misery and sorrow,

⁴⁰He ^apours contempt upon ¹princes

And ^bmakes them wander ^cin a pathless waste.

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 give heed to these things,

And consider the ^blovingkindnesses of the Lord.