NETfree - Psalms - 107

107:1  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

107:2  Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

107:3  and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

107:4  They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

107:5  They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

107:6  They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

107:7  He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

107:8  Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

107:9  For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

107:10  They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

107:11  because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

107:12  So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

107:13  They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

107:14  He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

107:15  Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

107:16  For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

107:17  They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

107:18  They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

107:19  They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

107:20  He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

107:21  Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

107:22  Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!

107:23  Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

107:24  They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.

107:25  He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

107:26  They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

107:27  They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

107:28  They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

107:29  He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

107:30  The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

107:31  Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

107:32  Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

107:33  He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

107:34  and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

107:35  As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

107:36  He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

107:37  They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

107:38  He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

107:39  As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

107:40  He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

107:41  Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

107:42  When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

107:43  Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the LORD's acts of loyal love!