Psalms 107 : 1 (ESV)
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalms 107 : 2 (ESV)
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
Psalms 107 : 3 (ESV)
and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
Psalms 107 : 4 (ESV)
Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
Psalms 107 : 5 (ESV)
hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
Psalms 107 : 6 (ESV)
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 7 (ESV)
He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
Psalms 107 : 8 (ESV)
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 9 (ESV)
For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
Psalms 107 : 10 (ESV)
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
Psalms 107 : 11 (ESV)
for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Psalms 107 : 12 (ESV)
So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.
Psalms 107 : 13 (ESV)
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 14 (ESV)
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart.
Psalms 107 : 15 (ESV)
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 16 (ESV)
For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.
Psalms 107 : 17 (ESV)
Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
Psalms 107 : 18 (ESV)
they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
Psalms 107 : 19 (ESV)
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 20 (ESV)
He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
Psalms 107 : 21 (ESV)
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 22 (ESV)
And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
Psalms 107 : 23 (ESV)
Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;
Psalms 107 : 24 (ESV)
they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.
Psalms 107 : 25 (ESV)
For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
Psalms 107 : 26 (ESV)
They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;
Psalms 107 : 27 (ESV)
they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
Psalms 107 : 28 (ESV)
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 29 (ESV)
He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Psalms 107 : 30 (ESV)
Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
Psalms 107 : 31 (ESV)
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 32 (ESV)
Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms 107 : 33 (ESV)
He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
Psalms 107 : 34 (ESV)
a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
Psalms 107 : 35 (ESV)
He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
Psalms 107 : 36 (ESV)
And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;
Psalms 107 : 37 (ESV)
they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.
Psalms 107 : 38 (ESV)
By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.
Psalms 107 : 39 (ESV)
When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
Psalms 107 : 40 (ESV)
he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
Psalms 107 : 41 (ESV)
but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.
Psalms 107 : 42 (ESV)
The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
Psalms 107 : 43 (ESV)
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
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