Psalms 107

1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;

Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.

3 Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

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

4 They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.

5 Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.

6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7 Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

And he led them into the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.

8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.

9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.

10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.

11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:

12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them.

13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

14 He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.

15 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

16 The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.

17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.

18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

20 He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.

He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.

21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.

22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.

And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.

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

They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:

24 They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

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

25 For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.

26 The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.

27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.

29 He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

30 Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.

31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

32 Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.

And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.

33 He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;

He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:

34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35 He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.

36 And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.

37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.

38 He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

40 He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.

41 But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.

43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord?