Jubilee2000 - Psalms - 107

107:1  O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good; for his mercy [endures] for ever.

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 lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

107:4  They wandered lost in the wilderness, [alone and out of the] way; they found no city to dwell in.

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

107:6  Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses.

107:7  And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

107:8  Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his mercy and [for] his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

107:9  For he satisfies the soul that is destitute and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

107:10  Such as sat in darkness and [in the] shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and in irons,

107:11  because they rebelled against the words of God and condemned the counsel of the most High:

107:12  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] no one to help.

107:13  Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.

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

107:15  Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his mercy and [for] his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

107:16  For he has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder.

107:17  The fools, because of the way of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

107:18  Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death.

107:19  Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.

107:20  He sent his word and healed them and delivered [them] from their graves.

107:21  Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his mercy and [for] his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

107:22  And let them offer the sacrifices of praise and publish his works with singing.

107:23  Those that go down to the sea in ships that do work in many waters,

107:24  these have seen the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep.

107:25  For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

107:26  They mount up to the heavens; they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble.

107:27  They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and all of their knowledge is of no avail.

107:28  Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivers them out of their afflictions.

107:29  He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

107:30  Then they are glad because they are at rest; so he brings them into the haven of his will.

107:31  Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his mercy and [for] his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

107:32  Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

107:33  He turned rivers into a wilderness and the watersprings into dry ground;

107:34  the fruitful land into salt [flats], because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein.

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

107:36  And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation

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

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

107:39  Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

107:40  He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.

107:41  Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes [his] families like a flock.

107:42  The righteous shall see [it] and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

107:43  Who [is] wise and will observe these [things] and shall understand the mercies of the LORD?: