ACV - Psalms - 107

107:1  O give thanks to Jehovah, For he is good, for his loving kindness is forever.

107:2  Let the redeemed of Jehovah 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 of habitation.

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

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

107:7  He also led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

107:8  O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

107:9  For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,

107:10  even those who 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 scorned 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 Jehovah 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 apart.

107:15  O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

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

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

107:18  Their soul abhors all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.

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

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

107:21  O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

107:22  And 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 men see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.

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

107:26  They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

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

107:28  Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.

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

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

107:31  O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

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

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

107:34  a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

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

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

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

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

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

107:40  He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

107:41  Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

107:42  The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

107:43  He who is wise will give heed to these things, and they will consider the loving kindnesses of Jehovah.