JPS - Psalms - 107

107:1  'O give thanks unto HaShem, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

107:2  So let the redeemed of HaShem say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

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

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 unto HaShem in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

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

107:8  Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:9  For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

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

107:11  Because they rebelled against the words of G-d, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

107:12  Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help--

107:13  They cried unto HaShem 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 bands in sunder.

107:15  Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:16  For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

107:17  Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities--

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

107:19  They cried unto HaShem 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  Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:22  And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.

107:23  They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters--

107:24  These saw the works of HaShem, and His wonders in the deep;

107:25  For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

107:26  They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

107:27  They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up--

107:28  They cried unto HaShem in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.

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

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

107:31  Let them give thanks unto HaShem for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to 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 turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

107:34  A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

107:35  He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

107:36  And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

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

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

107:39  Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

107:40  He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

107:41  Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

107:42  The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

107:43  Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of HaShem.