Psalms 107 / 150
- 1Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good; his love endures forever.
- 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say this- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
- 3those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
- 4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
- 5They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
- 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
- 7He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
- 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
- 9for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- 10Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
- 11for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
- 12So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
- 13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
- 14He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
- 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
- 16for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
- 17Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
- 18They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
- 19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
- 20He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
- 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
- 22Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
- 23Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
- 24They saw the works of the LORD , his wonderful deeds in the deep.
- 25For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
- 26They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
- 27They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.
- 28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
- 29He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
- 30They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
- 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
- 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
- 33He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
- 34and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
- 35He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
- 36there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
- 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
- 38he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
- 39Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
- 40he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
- 41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
- 42The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
- 43Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD .