Psalms 107 — Thanksgiving for God's Repeated Deliverance

1O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.💡

2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,💡

3And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.💡

4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.💡

5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.💡

6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,💡

7He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.💡

8Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!💡

9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.💡

10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,💡

11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:💡

12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.💡

13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.💡

14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.💡

15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!💡

16For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.💡

17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.💡

18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.💡

19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.💡

20He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions.💡

21Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!💡

22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.💡

23They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;💡

24These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.💡

25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.💡

26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.💡

27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.💡

28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.💡

29He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.💡

30Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.💡

31Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!💡

32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.💡

33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;💡

34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.💡

35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.💡

36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,💡

37And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.💡

38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.💡

39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.💡

40He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.💡

41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.💡

42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.💡

43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.💡