Psalms 107

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

O give thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

2 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.

Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

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

And, out of the lands, hath gathered them—From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

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

They wandered about in the desert—in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none;

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

Hungry—yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted:

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

Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them;

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

And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in.

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

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;

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

For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

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

The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;

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

Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD, —and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned;

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

And he bowed down, with labour, their heart, They staggered, with no one to help,

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

Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them;

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

He brought them forth out of darkness and death-shade, and, their fetters, he tare off.

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

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

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

For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.

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

The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;

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

All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death,

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

Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them.

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

He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves.

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

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

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

Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout.

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

Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters;

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

They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep;

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

And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves;

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

They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth;

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

They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,

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

Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth,

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

He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves:

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

Then are they glad, because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven.

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

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

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

Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, and, in the seated company of elders, let them praise him.

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

He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground,

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

A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.

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

He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water;

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

And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in;

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

And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase:

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

Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few.

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

So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;

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

He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;

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

But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: —

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

The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.

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

Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.