107Psalms 107

1O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.Select Psalms 107:1

2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;Select Psalms 107:2

3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.Select Psalms 107:3

4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.Select Psalms 107:4

5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.Select Psalms 107:5

6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.Select Psalms 107:6

7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.Select Psalms 107:7

8Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!Select Psalms 107:8

9For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.Select Psalms 107:9

10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;Select Psalms 107:10

11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the most High:Select Psalms 107:11

12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.Select Psalms 107:12

13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.Select Psalms 107:13

14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.Select Psalms 107:14

15Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!Select Psalms 107:15

16For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.Select Psalms 107:16

17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Select Psalms 107:17

18Their soul abhors all manner of meat; and they draw near to the gates of death.Select Psalms 107:18

19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.Select Psalms 107:19

20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.Select Psalms 107:20

21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!Select Psalms 107:21

22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.Select Psalms 107:22

23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;Select Psalms 107:23

24These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.Select Psalms 107:24

25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof.Select Psalms 107:25

26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.Select Psalms 107:26

27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.Select Psalms 107:27

28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.Select Psalms 107:28

29He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.Select Psalms 107:29

30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.Select Psalms 107:30

31Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!Select Psalms 107:31

32Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.Select Psalms 107:32

33He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the springs into dry ground;Select Psalms 107:33

34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.Select Psalms 107:34

35He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs.Select Psalms 107:35

36And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;Select Psalms 107:36

37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.Select Psalms 107:37

38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.Select Psalms 107:38

39Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.Select Psalms 107:39

40He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.Select Psalms 107:40

41Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.Select Psalms 107:41

42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.Select Psalms 107:42

43Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the LORD.Select Psalms 107:43