AFV2020 - Psalms - 107

107:1  O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.

107:2  So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

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

107:4  They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert by the way; they found no city to dwell in.

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

107:6  Then they cried to the LORD in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.

107:7  And He led them by a straight way, so that they might go to a city to dwell.

107:8  Let them praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of man,

107:9  For He satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with good things.

107:10  Some sat in the darkness and in the shadow of death, being chained in affliction and iron

107:11  Because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

107:12  Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; they stumbled, and there was none to help.

107:13  Then they cried to the LORD in their distress, and He saved them out of their troubles.

107:14  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder.

107:15  Let them praise the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:16  For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

107:17  Fools are afflicted because of their rebellion and because of their iniquities.

107:18  They themselves loathed all kinds of food, and they drew near the gates of death.

107:19  Then they cried unto the LORD in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.

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

107:21  Let them praise the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:22  And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing!

107:23  Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,

107:24  These see the works of the LORD and His wonders in the deep,

107:25  For He commanded and raised the stormy wind which lifted up the waves of the sea.

107:26  They mounted up to heaven, they went down again to the depths; their courage melted away because of the peril.

107:27  They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and were at their wits' end.

107:28  And they cried to the LORD in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.

107:29  He made the storm calm, so that its waves were still.

107:30  Then they were glad because they were quiet, and He led them to their desired haven.

107:31  Let them praise the LORD for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:32  And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the assembly of the elders.

107:33  He turns rivers into a wilderness and watersprings into thirsty ground;

107:34  A fruitful land is changed into a salty desert because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

107:35  He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry ground into watersprings.

107:36  And He makes the hungry dwell there, so that they may prepare a city of habitation,

107:37  And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

107:38  He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and does not allow their livestock to decrease.

107:39  Again, they have become few and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

107:40  He pours contempt upon nobles and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no path.

107:41  But He raises up the poor from affliction and sets their families like a flock.

107:42  The righteous shall see it and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

107:43  Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD.