PSALMS 107

1 O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.⋮

2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;⋮

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.⋮

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.⋮

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.⋮

6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.⋮

7 He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.⋮

8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!⋮

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filleth with good.⋮

10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;⋮

11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:⋮

12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.⋮

13 Then they cried unto the LORD hi their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.⋮

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.⋮

15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!⋮

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.⋮

17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.⋮

18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.⋮

19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.⋮

20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions.⋮

21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!⋮

22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.⋮

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;⋮

24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.⋮

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.⋮

26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul melteth away because of trouble.⋮

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.⋮

28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.⋮

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.⋮

30 Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.⋮

31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!⋮

32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.⋮

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;⋮

34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.⋮

35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.⋮

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation;⋮

37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get them fruits of increase.⋮

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.⋮

39 Again, they are minished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.⋮

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.⋮

41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.⋮

42 The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.⋮

43 Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.⋮