Psalms 107

1 BOOK V 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

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

2 So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He hath 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 them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

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 unto the LORD 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 And He 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 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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

9 For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

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

10 Such as 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 contemned 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 humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, 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 They cried unto the LORD 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 bands in sunder.

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

15 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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

16 For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

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

17 Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted 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 abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death —

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

19 They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;

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

20 He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.

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

21 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children 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 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters —

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

24 These saw 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 He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

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

26 They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted 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 reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

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

28 They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought 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 made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

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

30 Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

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

31 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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

32 Let them exalt Him also 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 turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings 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 waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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

35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

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 maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish 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, which yield fruits of increase.

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

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not 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 minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

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

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth 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 setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

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

42 The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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

43 Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD.

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