  - 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.
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