Psalms 107:1
O give thanks to Jehovah, For he is good, for his loving kindness is forever.
Psalms 107:2
Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Psalms 107:3
and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
Psalms 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city of habitation.
Psalms 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Psalms 107:6
Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:7
He also led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Psalms 107:8
O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
Psalms 107:9
For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,
Psalms 107:10
even those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
Psalms 107:11
because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.
Psalms 107:12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
Psalms 107:13
Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.
Psalms 107:15
O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
Psalms 107:16
For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron apart.
Psalms 107:17
Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.
Psalms 107:18
Their soul abhors all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
Psalms 107:19
Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:20
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their destructions.
Psalms 107:21
O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
Psalms 107:22
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
Psalms 107:23
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
Psalms 107:24
these men see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms 107:25
For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it.
Psalms 107:26
They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Psalms 107:28
Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:29
He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.
Psalms 107:30
Then they are glad because they are quiet, so he brings them to their desired haven.
Psalms 107:31
O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
Psalms 107:32
Let them also exalt him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
Psalms 107:33
He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water springs into a thirsty ground,
Psalms 107:34
a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
Psalms 107:35
He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
Psalms 107:36
And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation,
Psalms 107:37
and sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get fruits of increase.
Psalms 107:38
He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and he does not allow their cattle to decrease.
Psalms 107:39
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
Psalms 107:40
He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
Psalms 107:41
Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.
Psalms 107:42
The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms 107:43
He who is wise will give heed to these things, and they will consider the loving kindnesses of Jehovah.