Psalms 107 : 1 (NET)
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!
Psalms 107 : 2 (NET)
Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,
Psalms 107 : 3 (NET)
and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Psalms 107 : 4 (NET)
They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.
Psalms 107 : 5 (NET)
They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.
Psalms 107 : 6 (NET)
They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalms 107 : 7 (NET)
He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.
Psalms 107 : 8 (NET)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalms 107 : 9 (NET)
For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.
Psalms 107 : 10 (NET)
They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
Psalms 107 : 11 (NET)
because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.
Psalms 107 : 12 (NET)
So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.
Psalms 107 : 13 (NET)
They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalms 107 : 14 (NET)
He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.
Psalms 107 : 15 (NET)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalms 107 : 16 (NET)
For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.
Psalms 107 : 17 (NET)
They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.
Psalms 107 : 18 (NET)
They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
Psalms 107 : 19 (NET)
They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalms 107 : 20 (NET)
He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.
Psalms 107 : 21 (NET)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalms 107 : 22 (NET)
Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!
Psalms 107 : 23 (NET)
Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.
Psalms 107 : 24 (NET)
They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.
Psalms 107 : 25 (NET)
He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
Psalms 107 : 26 (NET)
They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.
Psalms 107 : 27 (NET)
They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
Psalms 107 : 28 (NET)
They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalms 107 : 29 (NET)
He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.
Psalms 107 : 30 (NET)
The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.
Psalms 107 : 31 (NET)
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalms 107 : 32 (NET)
Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!
Psalms 107 : 33 (NET)
He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,
Psalms 107 : 34 (NET)
and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
Psalms 107 : 35 (NET)
As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.
Psalms 107 : 36 (NET)
He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.
Psalms 107 : 37 (NET)
They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.
Psalms 107 : 38 (NET)
He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
Psalms 107 : 39 (NET)
As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.
Psalms 107 : 40 (NET)
He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
Psalms 107 : 41 (NET)
Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
Psalms 107 : 42 (NET)
When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.
Psalms 107 : 43 (NET)
Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the LORD's acts of loyal love!
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