CPDV - Psalms - 106

106:1  Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

106:2  Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,

106:3  from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.

106:4  They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

106:5  They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

106:6  And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

106:7  And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.

106:8  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:9  For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:

106:10  those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.

106:11  For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.

106:12  And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

106:13  And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.

106:14  And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.

106:15  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:16  For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.

106:17  He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

106:18  Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.

106:19  And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

106:20  He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

106:21  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:22  And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.

106:23  Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

106:24  these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

106:25  He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.

106:26  They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

106:27  They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.

106:28  And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

106:29  And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.

106:30  And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.

106:31  Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

106:32  And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.

106:33  He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,

106:34  a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.

106:35  He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

106:36  And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.

106:37  And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.

106:38  And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.

106:39  And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

106:40  Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.

106:41  And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.

106:42  The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.

106:43  Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?