Psalms - Chapter 107 | New International Version

  • 1. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
  • 2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
  • 3. those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
  • 4. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
  • 5. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
  • 6. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  • 7. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
  • 8. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
  • 9. for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
  • 10. Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
  • 11. for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
  • 12. So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
  • 13. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
  • 14. He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
  • 15. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
  • 16. for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
  • 17. Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
  • 18. They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
  • 19. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
  • 20. He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
  • 21. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
  • 22. Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
  • 23. Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
  • 24. They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
  • 25. For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
  • 26. They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
  • 27. They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.
  • 28. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
  • 29. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
  • 30. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
  • 31. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
  • 32. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
  • 33. He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
  • 34. and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
  • 35. He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
  • 36. there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
  • 37. They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
  • 38. he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
  • 39. Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
  • 40. he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
  • 41. But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
  • 42. The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
  • 43. Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.
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