Psalms 107:1
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Psalms 107:2
Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,
Psalms 107:3
And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
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 unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
Psalms 107:7
And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Psalms 107:8
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
Psalms 107:9
For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.
Psalms 107:10
Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
Psalms 107:11
Because they had rebelled against the words of *God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...
Psalms 107:12
And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:
Psalms 107:13
Then they cried unto 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 bands in sunder.
Psalms 107:15
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
Psalms 107:16
For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.
Psalms 107:17
Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;
Psalms 107:18
Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:
Psalms 107:19
Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses;
Psalms 107:20
He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions.
Psalms 107:21
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,
Psalms 107:22
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.
Psalms 107:23
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
Psalms 107:24
These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms 107:25
For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:
Psalms 107:26
They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:
Psalms 107:28
Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;
Psalms 107:29
He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:
Psalms 107:30
And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Psalms 107:31
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
Psalms 107:32
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.
Psalms 107:33
He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;
Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Psalms 107:35
He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs;
Psalms 107:36
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
Psalms 107:37
And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;
Psalms 107:38
And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Psalms 107:39
And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:
Psalms 107:40
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
Psalms 107:41
But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh him families like flocks.
Psalms 107:42
The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.
Psalms 107:43
Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.