Psalms 107:1 ←
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Psalms 107:2 ←
Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;
Psalms 107:3 ←
Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
Psalms 107:4 ←
They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
Psalms 107:5 ←
Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
Psalms 107:6 ←
Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
Psalms 107:7 ←
Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.
Psalms 107:8 ←
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Psalms 107:9 ←
He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
Psalms 107:10 ←
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Psalms 107:11 ←
Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
Psalms 107:12 ←
So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.
Psalms 107:13 ←
Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
Psalms 107:14 ←
He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
Psalms 107:15 ←
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Psalms 107:16 ←
The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
Psalms 107:17 ←
Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
Psalms 107:18 ←
They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
Psalms 107:19 ←
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
Psalms 107:20 ←
He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
Psalms 107:21 ←
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Psalms 107:22 ←
Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
Psalms 107:23 ←
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
Psalms 107:24 ←
They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms 107:25 ←
For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
Psalms 107:26 ←
The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.
Psalms 107:27 ←
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
Psalms 107:28 ←
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
Psalms 107:29 ←
He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
Psalms 107:30 ←
Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
Psalms 107:31 ←
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Psalms 107:32 ←
Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
Psalms 107:33 ←
He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;
Psalms 107:34 ←
He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
Psalms 107:35 ←
He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
Psalms 107:36 ←
And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
Psalms 107:37 ←
And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
Psalms 107:38 ←
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
Psalms 107:39 ←
And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
Psalms 107:40 ←
He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
Psalms 107:41 ←
But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
Psalms 107:42 ←
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
Psalms 107:43 ←
Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
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