Psalm 107:1–43

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

For His ¹mercy endures forever.

²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

³And ^bgathered out of the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the south.

⁴They wandered in ^cthe wilderness in a desolate way;

They found no city to dwell in.

⁵Hungry and thirsty,

Their soul fainted in them.

^6dThen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷And He led them forth by the ^eright way,

That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.

^8fOh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹For ^gHe satisfies the longing soul,

And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰Those who ^hsat in darkness and in the shadow of death,

ⁱBound ²in affliction and irons—

¹¹Because they ^jrebelled against the words of God,

And ³despised ^kthe counsel of the Most High,

¹²Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;

They fell down, and there was ^lnone to help.

¹³Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He saved them out of their distresses.

^14mHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,

And broke their chains in pieces.

¹⁵Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

¹⁶For He has ⁿbroken the gates of bronze,

And cut the bars of iron in two.

¹⁷Fools, ^obecause of their transgression,

And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

^18pTheir soul abhorred all manner of food,

And they ^qdrew near to the gates of death.

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

And He saved them out of their distresses.

^20rHe sent His word and ^shealed them,

And ^tdelivered them from their destructions.

²¹Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

^22uLet them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,

And ^vdeclare His works with ⁴rejoicing.

²³Those who go down to the sea in ships,

Who do business on great waters,

²⁴They see the works of the Lord,

And His wonders in the deep.

²⁵For He commands and ^wraises the stormy wind,

Which lifts up the waves of the sea.

²⁶They mount up to the heavens,

They go down again to the depths;

^xTheir soul melts because of trouble.

²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,

And ⁵are at their wits’ end.

²⁸Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,

And He brings them out of their distresses.

^29yHe calms the storm,

So that its waves are still.

³⁰Then they are glad because they are quiet;

So He guides them to their desired haven.

^31zOh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

³²Let them exalt Him also ^ain the assembly of the people,

And praise Him in the company of the elders.

³³He ^bturns rivers into a wilderness,

And the watersprings into dry ground;

³⁴A ^cfruitful land into ⁶barrenness,

For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

^35dHe turns a wilderness into pools of water,

And dry land into watersprings.

³⁶There He makes the hungry dwell,

That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,

³⁷And sow fields and plant vineyards,

That they may yield a fruitful harvest.

^38eHe also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;

And He does not let their cattle ^fdecrease.

³⁹When they are ^gdiminished and brought low

Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,

^40hHe pours contempt on princes,

And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

⁴¹ⁱYet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,

And ^jmakes their families like a flock.

^42kThe righteous see it and rejoice,

And all ^liniquity stops its mouth.

^43mWhoever is wise will observe these things,

And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.