107:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for [he is] good; for his mercy
[endureth] for ever.
107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath
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 in the wilderness in a solitary way; they
found no city to dwell 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 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 goodness,
and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry
soul with goodness.
107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death,
[being] bound in affliction and iron;
107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and
contemned 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 shades of death,
and broke their bands asunder.
107:15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness,
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 asunder.
107:17 Fools, because of their transgression, and because of
their iniquities, are afflicted.
107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; and they draw
near to the gates of death.
107:19 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, he saveth
them out of their distresses.
107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them]
from their destructions.
107:21 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness,
and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare his works with rejoicing.
107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business
on great waters;
107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the
deep.
107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which
lifteth up its waves.
107:26 They mount up to the heaven, 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
are at their wit's end.
107:28 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he
bringeth them out of their distresses.
107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves [of the
sea] are still.
107:30 Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he bringeth
them to their desired haven.
107:31 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness,
and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
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 turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the
water-springs into dry ground;
107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of
them that dwell in it.
107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry
ground into water-springs.
107:36 And there he maketh 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 blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied
greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
107:39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through
oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to
wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.
107:41 Yet he setteth the poor on high from affliction, and
maketh him families like a flock.
107:42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all
iniquity shall stop her mouth.
107:43 Whoever [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even
they shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.
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