Psalm 107:4–22

⁴Some wandered in desert wastes,

finding no way to an inhabited town;^*

⁵hungry and thirsty,

their soul fainted within them.

⁶Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them from their distress;^*

⁷he led them by a straight way,

until they reached an inhabited town.^*

⁸Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to humankind.^*

⁹For he satisfies the thirsty,

and the hungry he fills with good things.^*

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in gloom,

prisoners in misery and in irons,^*

¹¹for they had rebelled against the words of God

and spurned the counsel of the Most High.^*

¹²Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor;

they fell down, with no one to help.^*

¹³Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he saved them from their distress;^*

¹⁴he brought them out of darkness and gloom,

and broke their bonds apart.^*

¹⁵Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to humankind.^*

¹⁶For he shatters the doors of bronze

and cuts in two the bars of iron.^*

¹⁷Some were sickⁿ through their sinful ways

and because of their iniquities endured affliction;^*

¹⁸they loathed any kind of food,

and they drew near to the gates of death.^*

¹⁹Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he saved them from their distress;

²⁰he sent out his word and healed them

and delivered them from destruction.^*

²¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to humankind.

²²And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices

and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.^*