Psalms 107:1 ←
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalms 107:2 ←
Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Psalms 107:3 ←
and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Psalms 107:6 ←
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:7 ←
He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
Psalms 107:8 ←
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
Psalms 107:9 ←
For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
Psalms 107:10 ←
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
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because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
Psalms 107:12 ←
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
Psalms 107:13 ←
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:14 ←
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
Psalms 107:15 ←
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
Psalms 107:16 ←
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
Psalms 107:17 ←
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
Psalms 107:18 ←
Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
Psalms 107:19 ←
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:20 ←
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
Psalms 107:21 ←
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
Psalms 107:22 ←
Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
Psalms 107:23 ←
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
Psalms 107:24 ←
these see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms 107:25 ←
For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
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They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
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They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
Psalms 107:29 ←
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
Psalms 107:30 ←
Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
Psalms 107:31 ←
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
Psalms 107:32 ←
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
Psalms 107:33 ←
He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
Psalms 107:34 ←
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Psalms 107:35 ←
He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
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There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
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sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
Psalms 107:38 ←
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
Psalms 107:39 ←
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
Psalms 107:40 ←
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
Psalms 107:41 ←
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
Psalms 107:42 ←
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
Psalms 107:43 ←
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.
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