Psalms 107
1O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good: for to everlasting His mercy endureth.
2Let this be said by them whom the Lord hath redeemed—whom he hath redeemed from an enemy’s hand—
3whom he hath gathered out of the countries; from the east and west and north and south.
4They had wandered in the desert in a land without water; they found no way to a city of habitation.
5They were hungry and thirsty. Their soul within them fainted:
6then they cried to the Lord in their affliction; and He delivered them from their distresses:
7and conducted them to a straight road; that they might go to a city of habitation.
8O let them praise the Lord for His mercies; and for His wonderful dealings with the sons of men:
9because He hath satisfied the longing soul; and filled the hungry with good things.
10As for them who sat in darkness and the shadow of death; bound with affliction and irons;
11because they rebelled against the oracles of God; and contemned the counsel of the Most High:
12when their heart was brought low by troubles—when they were weak and there was no helper:
13then they cried to the Lord in their affliction; and He saved them from their distresses;
14and brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death; and burst their chains asunder.
15O let them praise the Lord for His mercies, and for His wonderful dealings with the sons of men;
16for He hath dashed to shivers the gates of brass, and broken asunder the bars of iron.
17He helped them out of the way of their transgression: for on account of their iniquities they were brought low.
18Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
19Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He saved them from their distresses.
20He sent forth His word and healed them; and delivered them from their destructions.
21O let them praise the Lord for His mercies, and for His wonderful dealings with the sons of men;
22and let them offer Him a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and publish His works with joy.
23As for them who go to sea in ships, and traffic on the mighty waters—
24they see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
25He spake, and up rose a tempestuous wind: and its waves are lifted high;
26they mount up to the heavens: then down they descend into the depths; with perils, their souls are melted;—
27they reel and stagger like one drunk, and all their skill is swallowed up.
28Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He brought them out of their distresses.
29He rebuked the tempest, and it stopt in a still calm; and its waves were lulled to silence.
30And they were glad, because they were at rest. And He conducted them to their desired port.
31O let them praise the Lord for His mercies, and for His wonderful dealings with the sons of men.
32Let them extol Him in the congregation of the people: and praise Him in the assembly of Elders.
33He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and outlets of water into a thirsty land—
34a fruitful country into barrenness: for the wickedness of them who dwell therein.
35He hath turned a desert into pools of water, and a thirsty soil into water springs:
36and caused the hungry to dwell there. And they have erected abiding cities:
37and have sown fields and planted vineyards, which have yielded them the fruits of increase.
38And He hath blessed them and they have multiplied greatly, and their cattle have not decreased.
39Again they have been diminished, and brought low by oppressions, afflictions, and sorrow.
40Contempt hath been poured on their princes: and He hath caused them to wander in a trackless desert.
41Then out of affliction He hath helped the needy, and hath made families like a flock.
42Let the righteous see and rejoice, and let all iniquity stop its mouth.
43Whosoever is wise and will observe these things, he will understand the mercies of the Lord.