Psalms 107

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say this- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

³those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

⁴Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.

⁵They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.

⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

⁷He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.

⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

⁹for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,

¹¹for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

¹²So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

¹³Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

¹⁶for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

¹⁷Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.

¹⁸They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

²⁰He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

²¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

²²Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

²³Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.

²⁴They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.

²⁵For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.

²⁶They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.

²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.

²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.

²⁹He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

³²Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.

³³He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

³⁴and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

³⁵He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;

³⁶there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

³⁷They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;

³⁸he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

³⁹Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

⁴⁰he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

⁴¹But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

⁴²The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.

⁴³Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.