Psalms - Chapter 107 | English Standard Version

  • 1. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
  • 2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
  • 3. and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
  • 4. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
  • 5. hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
  • 6. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  • 7. He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
  • 8. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
  • 9. For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
  • 10. Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
  • 11. for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
  • 12. So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.
  • 13. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  • 14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart.
  • 15. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
  • 16. For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.
  • 17. Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
  • 18. they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
  • 19. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  • 20. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
  • 21. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
  • 22. And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
  • 23. Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;
  • 24. they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.
  • 25. For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
  • 26. They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;
  • 27. they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
  • 28. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  • 29. He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
  • 30. Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
  • 31. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
  • 32. Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
  • 33. He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
  • 34. a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
  • 35. He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
  • 36. And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;
  • 37. they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.
  • 38. By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.
  • 39. When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
  • 40. he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
  • 41. but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.
  • 42. The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
  • 43. Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
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