Psalms 107 : 1 (NLV)
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good! His loving-kindness lasts forever!
Psalms 107 : 2 (NLV)
Let the people who have been saved say so. He has bought them and set them free from the hand of those who hated them.
Psalms 107 : 3 (NLV)
He gathered them from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Psalms 107 : 4 (NLV)
Some traveled through the desert wastes. They did not find a way to a city where they could live.
Psalms 107 : 5 (NLV)
They were hungry and thirsty. Their souls became weak within them.
Psalms 107 : 6 (NLV)
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He took them out of their suffering.
Psalms 107 : 7 (NLV)
He led them by a straight path to a city where they could live.
Psalms 107 : 8 (NLV)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 9 (NLV)
For He fills the thirsty soul. And He fills the hungry soul with good things.
Psalms 107 : 10 (NLV)
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. They suffered in prison in iron chains.
Psalms 107 : 11 (NLV)
Because they had turned against the Words of God. They hated what the Most High told them to do.
Psalms 107 : 12 (NLV)
So He loaded them down with hard work. They fell and there was no one to help.
Psalms 107 : 13 (NLV)
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He saved them from their suffering.
Psalms 107 : 14 (NLV)
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death. And He broke their chains.
Psalms 107 : 15 (NLV)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 16 (NLV)
For He has broken gates of brass and cut through walls of iron.
Psalms 107 : 17 (NLV)
Some were fools because of their wrong-doing. They had troubles because of their sins.
Psalms 107 : 18 (NLV)
They hated all kinds of food. And they came near the gates of death.
Psalms 107 : 19 (NLV)
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He saved them from their suffering.
Psalms 107 : 20 (NLV)
He sent His Word and healed them. And He saved them from the grave.
Psalms 107 : 21 (NLV)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 22 (NLV)
Let them give Him gifts of thanks and tell of His works with songs of joy.
Psalms 107 : 23 (NLV)
Some went out to sea in ships to buy and sell on the great waters.
Psalms 107 : 24 (NLV)
They have seen what the Lord can do and His great works on the sea.
Psalms 107 : 25 (NLV)
For He spoke and raised up a storm that lifted up the waves of the sea.
Psalms 107 : 26 (NLV)
They went up to the heavens and down to the deep. Their strength of heart left them in their danger.
Psalms 107 : 27 (NLV)
They could not walk straight but went from side to side like a drunk man. They did not know what to do.
Psalms 107 : 28 (NLV)
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He took them out of all their problems.
Psalms 107 : 29 (NLV)
He stopped the storm, and the waves of the sea became quiet.
Psalms 107 : 30 (NLV)
Then they were glad because the sea became quiet. And He led them to the safe place they wanted.
Psalms 107 : 31 (NLV)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
Psalms 107 : 32 (NLV)
Let them honor Him in the meeting of the people and praise Him in the meeting of the leaders.
Psalms 107 : 33 (NLV)
He changes rivers into a desert and wells of water into a thirsty ground.
Psalms 107 : 34 (NLV)
He changes a land of much fruit into a salt waste because of the sin of those who live in it.
Psalms 107 : 35 (NLV)
He changes a desert into a pool of water and makes water flow out of dry ground.
Psalms 107 : 36 (NLV)
And He makes the hungry go there so they may build a city to live in.
Psalms 107 : 37 (NLV)
They plant seeds in the fields and plant grape-vines and gather much fruit.
Psalms 107 : 38 (NLV)
He lets good come to them and they become many in number. And He does not let the number of their cattle become less.
Psalms 107 : 39 (NLV)
When the number of people becomes less and they are put to shame under a bad power and trouble and sorrow,
Psalms 107 : 40 (NLV)
He pours anger on rulers. He makes them walk in the waste places where there is no path.
Psalms 107 : 41 (NLV)
But He lifts those in need out of their troubles. He makes their families grow like flocks.
Psalms 107 : 42 (NLV)
Those who are right see it and are glad. But all the sinful shut their mouths.
Psalms 107 : 43 (NLV)
Let the wise man think about these things. And may he think about the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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