Psalms 107

1 O give thanks to Jehovah, For he is good, for his loving kindness is forever.

Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,

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

from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.

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

They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

6 Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

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

And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.

8 O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,

For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:

10 even those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.

11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.

For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.

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

And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

13 Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.

And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.

15 O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

16 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron apart.

For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.

17 Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.

He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

18 Their soul abhors all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.

Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.

19 Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.

And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their destructions.

He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

21 O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

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

And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,

Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

24 these men see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.

these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it.

He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.

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

They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

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

They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.

28 Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.

And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

29 He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.

And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.

30 Then they are glad because they are quiet, so he brings them to their desired haven.

And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.

31 O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

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

And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.

33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water springs into a thirsty ground,

He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,

34 a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.

35 He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation,

And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.

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

And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.

38 He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and he does not allow their cattle to decrease.

And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.

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

And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

40 He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.

41 Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.

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

The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.

43 He who is wise will give heed to these things, and they will consider the loving kindnesses of Jehovah.

Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?