BOOK 5
Psalm 107
1 Give
thanks to the
LORD,
for he is
good,
for his loving
kindness endures
forever.
2 Let
the redeemed by
the LORD say so,
whom he has
redeemed from the
hand of the
adversary,
3 and
gathered out of
the lands,
from the east
and from the
west,
from the north
and from the
south.
4 They
wandered in the
wilderness in a
desert way.
They found no
city to live
in.
5 Hungry
and thirsty,
their soul
fainted in them.
6 Then
they cried to
the LORD in
their trouble,
and he delivered
them out of
their distresses.
7 He
led them also by
a straight way,
that they might
go to a
city to live
in.
8 Let them
praise the LORD
for his loving
kindness,
for his wonderful
deeds to the
children of men!
9 For
he satisfies the
longing soul.
He fills the
hungry soul with
good.
10 Some sat
in darkness and
in the shadow
of death,
being bound in affliction
and iron,
11 because
they rebelled
against the words
of God,
and condemned the
counsel of the
Most High.
12 Therefore
he brought down
their heart with
labor.
They fell down,
and there was no one
to help.
13 Then
they cried to
the LORD in
their trouble,
and he saved
them out of
their distresses.
14 He
brought them out
of darkness and
the shadow of
death,
and broke away
their chains.
15 Let them
praise the LORD
for his loving
kindness,
for his wonderful
deeds to the
children of men!
16 For
he has broken
the gates of
bronze,
and cut through
bars of iron.
17 Fools are
afflicted because
of their disobedience,
and because of
their iniquities.
18 Their
soul abhors all
kinds of food.
They draw near
to the gates
of death.
19 Then
they cry to
the LORD in
their trouble,
and he saves
them out of
their distresses.
20 He
sends his word,
and heals them,
and delivers them
from their graves.
21 Let them
praise the LORD
for his loving
kindness,
for his wonderful
deeds to the
children of men!
22 Let them
offer the
sacrifices of
thanksgiving,
and declare his
deeds with singing.
23 Those
who go down
to the sea
in ships,
who do business
in great waters,
24 these
see the LORD’s
deeds,
and his wonders
in the deep.
25 For
he commands, and raises
the stormy wind,
which lifts up
its waves.
26 They
mount up to
the sky; they
go down again to
the depths.
Their soul melts
away because of
trouble.
27 They
reel back and forth,
and stagger like a
drunken man,
and are at
their wits’ end.
28 Then
they cry to
the LORD in
their trouble,
and he brings
them out of
their distress.
29 He makes
the storm a
calm,
so that its
waves are still.
30 Then
they are glad
because it is
calm,
so he brings
them to their
desired haven.
31 Let them
praise the LORD
for his loving
kindness,
for his wonderful
deeds for the
children of men!
32 Let them
exalt him also
in the assembly
of the people,
and praise him
in the seat
of the elders.
33 He turns
rivers into a
desert,
water springs
into a thirsty
ground,
34 and
a fruitful
land into a salt
waste,
for the
wickedness of
those who dwell
in it.
35 He turns
a desert into
a pool of
water,
and a dry
land into water
springs.
36 There
he makes the
hungry live,
that they may
prepare a city
to live in,
37 sow
fields, plant
vineyards,
and reap the
fruits of increase.
38 He
blesses them also,
so that they
are multiplied
greatly.
He doesn’t allow their livestock
to decrease.
39 Again, they
are diminished and
bowed down
through oppression,
trouble, and
sorrow.
40 He
pours contempt on
princes,
and causes them
to wander in
a trackless waste.
41 Yet he lifts
the needy out of
their affliction,
and increases their
families like a
flock.
42 The
upright will see
it, and be
glad.
All the wicked
will shut their
mouths.
43 Whoever
is wise will
pay attention to
these things.
They will consider
the loving kindnesses
of the LORD.