AB - Psalms - 107

107:1  Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

107:2  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

107:3  and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, west, north, and south.

107:4  They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation.

107:5  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

107:6  Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

107:7  And He guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation.

107:8  Let them acknowledge to the Lord His mercies, and His wonderful works to the children of men.

107:9  For He satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

107:10  even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and irons;

107:11  because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High.

107:12  So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper.

107:13  Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He saved them out of their distresses.

107:14  And He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces.

107:15  Let them acknowledge to the Lord His mercies, and His wonders to the children of men.

107:16  For He broke to pieces the bronze gates, and crushed the iron bars.

107:17  He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities.

107:18  Their soul abhorred all food; and they drew near to the gates of death.

107:19  Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He saved them out of their distresses.

107:20  He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them out of their destructions.

107:21  Let them acknowledge to the Lord His mercies, and His wonderful works to the children of men.

107:22  And let them offer to Him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim His works with exaltation.

107:23  They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters;

107:24  these have seen the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.

107:25  He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, and its waves are lifted up.

107:26  They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles.

107:27  They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

107:28  Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and He brings them out of their distresses.

107:29  And He commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.

107:30  And they are glad, because they are quiet; and He guides them to their desired haven.

107:31  Let them acknowledge to the Lord His mercies, and His wonderful works to the children of men.

107:32  Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

107:33  He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land;

107:34  a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.

107:35  He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water.

107:36  And there He causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation.

107:37  And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield a fruitful harvest.

107:38  And He blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and He diminishes not the number of their cattle.

107:39  Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.

107:40  Contempt is poured upon their princes, and He causes them to wander in a desert, and in a trackless land.

107:41  But He helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.

107:42  The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

107:43  Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord?