Psalms - Chapter 107 | Good News Translation

  • 1. "Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good; his love is eternal!"
  • 2. Repeat these words in praise to the LORD, all you whom he has saved. He has rescued you from your enemies
  • 3. and has brought you back from foreign countries, from east and west, from north and south.
  • 4. Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.
  • 5. They were hungry and thirsty and had given up all hope.
  • 6. Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.
  • 7. He led them by a straight road to a city where they could live.
  • 8. They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.
  • 9. He satisfies those who are thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
  • 10. Some were living in gloom and darkness, prisoners suffering in chains,
  • 11. because they had rebelled against the commands of Almighty God and had rejected his instructions.
  • 12. They were worn out from hard work; they would fall down, and no one would help.
  • 13. Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.
  • 14. He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains in pieces.
  • 15. They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.
  • 16. He breaks down doors of bronze and smashes iron bars.
  • 17. Some were fools, suffering because of their sins and because of their evil;
  • 18. they couldn't stand the sight of food and were close to death.
  • 19. Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.
  • 20. He healed them with his command and saved them from the grave.
  • 21. They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.
  • 22. They must thank him with sacrifices, and with songs of joy must tell all that he has done.
  • 23. Some sailed over the ocean in ships, earning their living on the seas.
  • 24. They saw what the LORD can do, his wonderful acts on the seas.
  • 25. He commanded, and a mighty wind began to blow and stirred up the waves.
  • 26. The ships were lifted high in the air and plunged down into the depths. In such danger the sailors lost their courage;
  • 27. they stumbled and staggered like drunks--- all their skill was useless.
  • 28. Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.
  • 29. He calmed the raging storm, and the waves became quiet.
  • 30. They were glad because of the calm, and he brought them safe to the port they wanted.
  • 31. They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.
  • 32. They must proclaim his greatness in the assembly of the people and praise him before the council of the leaders.
  • 33. The LORD made rivers dry up completely and stopped springs from flowing.
  • 34. He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
  • 35. He changed deserts into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs.
  • 36. He let hungry people settle there, and they built a city to live in.
  • 37. They sowed the fields and planted grapevines and reaped an abundant harvest.
  • 38. He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.
  • 39. When God's people were defeated and humiliated by cruel oppression and suffering,
  • 40. he showed contempt for their oppressors and made them wander in trackless deserts.
  • 41. But he rescued the needy from their misery and made their families increase like flocks.
  • 42. The righteous see this and are glad, but all the wicked are put to silence.
  • 43. May those who are wise think about these things; may they consider the LORD's constant love.
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