The Psalms
Psalm 107
107:1O give thanks unto Jehovah;
For he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.
107:2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so,
Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
107:3And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;
They found no city of habitation.
107:5Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
107:6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he delivered them out of their distresses,
107:7He led them also by a straight way,
That they might go to a city of habitation.
107:8Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul,
And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
107:10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron,
107:11Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
107:12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
107:13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saved them out of their distresses.
107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And brake their bonds in sunder.
107:15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:16For he hath broken the gates of brass,
And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
107:17Fools because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
107:18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.
107:19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he saveth them out of their distresses.
107:20He sendeth his word, and healeth them,
And delivereth them from their destructions.
107:21Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare his works with singing.
107:23They that go down to the sea in ships,
That do business in great waters;
107:24These see the works of Jehovah,
And his wonders in the deep.
107:25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
107:26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths:
Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
107:27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits' end.
107:28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,
And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
107:29He maketh the storm a calm,
So that the waves thereof are still.
107:30Then are they glad because they are quiet;
So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
107:31Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise him in the seat of the elders.
107:33He turneth rivers into a wilderness,
And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
107:34A fruitful land into a salt desert,
For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
107:35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into watersprings.
107:36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
That they may prepare a city of habitation,
107:37And sow fields, and plant vineyards,
And get them fruits of increase.
107:38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
107:39Again, they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
107:40He poureth contempt upon princes,
And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
107:41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.
107:42The upright shall see it, and be glad;
And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
107:43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;
And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.