Psalms 107 : 1 (HCSB)
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.
Psalms 107 : 2 (HCSB)
Let the redeemed of the LORD proclaim that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe
Psalms 107 : 3 (HCSB)
and has gathered them from the lands-- from the east and the west, from the north and the south.
Psalms 107 : 4 (HCSB)
Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.
Psalms 107 : 5 (HCSB)
They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them.
Psalms 107 : 6 (HCSB)
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He rescued them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 7 (HCSB)
He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.
Psalms 107 : 8 (HCSB)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race.
Psalms 107 : 9 (HCSB)
For He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.
Psalms 107 : 10 (HCSB)
Others sat in darkness and gloom-- prisoners in cruel chains--
Psalms 107 : 11 (HCSB)
because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the counsel of the Most High.
Psalms 107 : 12 (HCSB)
He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Psalms 107 : 13 (HCSB)
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 14 (HCSB)
He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart.
Psalms 107 : 15 (HCSB)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race.
Psalms 107 : 16 (HCSB)
For He has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.
Psalms 107 : 17 (HCSB)
Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their sins.
Psalms 107 : 18 (HCSB)
They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.
Psalms 107 : 19 (HCSB)
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress.
Psalms 107 : 20 (HCSB)
He sent His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
Psalms 107 : 21 (HCSB)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race.
Psalms 107 : 22 (HCSB)
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and announce His works with shouts of joy.
Psalms 107 : 23 (HCSB)
Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast waters.
Psalms 107 : 24 (HCSB)
They saw the LORD's works, His wonderful works in the deep.
Psalms 107 : 25 (HCSB)
He spoke and raised a tempest that stirred up the waves of the sea.
Psalms 107 : 26 (HCSB)
Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,
Psalms 107 : 27 (HCSB)
they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and all their skill was useless.
Psalms 107 : 28 (HCSB)
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
Psalms 107 : 29 (HCSB)
He stilled the storm to a murmur, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Psalms 107 : 30 (HCSB)
They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.
Psalms 107 : 31 (HCSB)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race.
Psalms 107 : 32 (HCSB)
Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.
Psalms 107 : 33 (HCSB)
He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
Psalms 107 : 34 (HCSB)
and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Psalms 107 : 35 (HCSB)
He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.
Psalms 107 : 36 (HCSB)
He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live.
Psalms 107 : 37 (HCSB)
They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
Psalms 107 : 38 (HCSB)
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their livestock decrease.
Psalms 107 : 39 (HCSB)
When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow,
Psalms 107 : 40 (HCSB)
He pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in trackless wastelands.
Psalms 107 : 41 (HCSB)
But He lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families *multiply like flocks.
Psalms 107 : 42 (HCSB)
The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.
Psalms 107 : 43 (HCSB)
Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the LORD's acts of faithful love.
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