< Psalms 107 >
1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
2 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,
Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,
3 from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
4 They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation;
5 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them:
6 And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.
Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses,
7 And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.
And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
9 For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:
For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.
10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.
Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
11 For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.
Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...
12 And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.
And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:
13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.
Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses;
14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
15 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
16 For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.
For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.
17 He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.
Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;
18 Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:
19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.
Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses;
20 He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.
He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions.
21 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,
22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.
23 Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
24 these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
25 He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.
For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:
26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.
They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
27 They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:
28 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.
Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;
29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.
He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:
30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.
And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
32 And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.
33 He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,
He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;
34 a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.
A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.
He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs;
36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.
And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;
38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.
And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.
And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:
40 Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.
But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.
42 The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.
The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.
43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?
Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.