Psalm 107
[107:1] Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. [107:2] Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, [107:3] And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. [107:4] They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. [107:5] Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. [107:6] Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, [107:7] he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. [107:8] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! [107:9] For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. [107:10] Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, [107:11] because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High. [107:12] Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help. [107:13] Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. [107:14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder. [107:15] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! [107:16] For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron. [107:17] Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. [107:18] Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death. [107:19] Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses. [107:20] He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. [107:21] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men! [107:22] Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing. [107:23] Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters; [107:24] These see Yahweh's works, and his wonders in the deep. [107:25] For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. [107:26] They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. [107:27] They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. [107:28] Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. [107:29] He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. [107:30] Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. [107:31] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men! [107:32] Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. [107:33] He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, [107:34] and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. [107:35] He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. [107:36] There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, [107:37] sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. [107:38] He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease. [107:39] Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. [107:40] He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. [107:41] Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. [107:42] The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. [107:43] Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.