Psalms 107

^{Psalms 107:1} Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

^{Psalms 107:2} Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

^{Psalms 107:3} and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

^{Psalms 107:4} Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

^{Psalms 107:5} They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

^{Psalms 107:6} Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

^{Psalms 107:7} He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

^{Psalms 107:8} Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

^{Psalms 107:9} For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

^{Psalms 107:10} Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

^{Psalms 107:11} because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

^{Psalms 107:12} He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

^{Psalms 107:13} Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

^{Psalms 107:14} He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

^{Psalms 107:15} Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

^{Psalms 107:16} For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

^{Psalms 107:17} Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

^{Psalms 107:18} They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

^{Psalms 107:19} Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

^{Psalms 107:20} He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

^{Psalms 107:21} Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

^{Psalms 107:22} Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

^{Psalms 107:23} Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

^{Psalms 107:24} They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

^{Psalms 107:25} For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

^{Psalms 107:26} They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

^{Psalms 107:27} They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

^{Psalms 107:28} Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

^{Psalms 107:29} He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

^{Psalms 107:30} They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

^{Psalms 107:31} Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

^{Psalms 107:32} Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

^{Psalms 107:33} He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

^{Psalms 107:34} and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

^{Psalms 107:35} He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

^{Psalms 107:36} He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

^{Psalms 107:37} They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

^{Psalms 107:38} He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

^{Psalms 107:39} When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

^{Psalms 107:40} He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

^{Psalms 107:41} But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

^{Psalms 107:42} The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

^{Psalms 107:43} Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.