Psalms 107

1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.⋮

2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,⋮

3 and gathered 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 to live in.⋮

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

6 Then they cried to Yahweh 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 to live in.⋮

8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!⋮

9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.⋮

10 Some 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 condemned the counsel of the Most High.⋮

12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.⋮

13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.⋮

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.⋮

15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!⋮

16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.⋮

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

18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.⋮

19 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.⋮

20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.⋮

21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!⋮

22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.⋮

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,⋮

24 these see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.⋮

25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.⋮

26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.⋮

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

28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.⋮

29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.⋮

30 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.⋮

31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for 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 turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,⋮

34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.⋮

35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.⋮

36 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,⋮

37 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.⋮

38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.⋮

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

40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.⋮

41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.⋮

42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.⋮

43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.⋮