NHEB - Psalms - 107

107:1  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

107:2  Let the redeemed by the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

107:3  And gathered 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 way. They found no city to live in.

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

107:6  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

107:7  he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

107:8  Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:9  For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

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

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 labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

107:13  Then they cried to 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 in sunder.

107:15  Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

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

107:18  Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

107:19  Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

107:20  He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

107:21  Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:22  Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

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

107:24  These see the Lord's works, 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 sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

107:27  They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

107:28  Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

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

107:30  Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

107:31  Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men!

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

107:33  He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

107:34  and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

107:35  He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

107:36  There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

107:37  sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

107:38  He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.

107:39  Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

107:40  He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

107:41  Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

107:42  The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

107:43  Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the Lord.