Psalms 107

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

“Give thanks to YHWH, For [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time”:

2 So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

Let the redeemed of YHWH say [so], Whom He redeemed from the hand of an adversary.

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

And has gathered them from the lands, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.

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

They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, They have not found a city of habitation.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

Hungry—indeed—thirsty, Their soul becomes feeble in them,

6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

And they cry to YHWH in their adversity, He delivers them from their distress,

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

And causes them to tread in a right way, To go 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!

They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders 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 a longing soul, And has filled a hungry soul [with] goodness.

10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron —

Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

Because they changed the saying of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High.

12 Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help —

And He humbles their heart with labor, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

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

And they cry to YHWH in their adversity, He saves them from their distresses.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

He brings them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And He draws away their bands.

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

They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders 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 broken doors of bronze, And He has cut bars of iron.

17 Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities —

Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death —

Their soul detests all food, And they come near to the gates of death,

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

And cry to YHWH in their adversity, He saves them from their distresses,

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

He sends His word and heals them, And delivers [them] from their destructions.

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

They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

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

And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters —

Those going down [to] the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters,

24 These saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep;

They have seen the works of YHWH, And His wonders in the deep.

25 For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

And He commands, and appoints a storm, And it lifts up its billows,

26 They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

They go up [to] the heavens, they go down [to] the depths, Their soul is melted in evil.

27 They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

28 They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.

And they cry to YHWH in their adversity, And He brings them out from their distresses.

29 He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

He calms a whirlwind, And their billows are hushed.

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

And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leads them to the haven of their desire.

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

They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders 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 they exalt Him in [the] assembly of [the] people, And praise Him in [the] seat of [the] elderly.

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

He makes rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

A fruitful land becomes a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

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

He makes a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.

36 And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

And He causes the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation.

37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.

And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase.

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

And He blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, And He does not diminish their livestock.

39 Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

He is pouring contempt on nobles, And causes them to wander in vacancy—no way.

41 Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

And sets the needy on high from affliction, And places families as a flock.

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

The upright see and rejoice, And all perversity has shut her mouth.

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

Who [is] wise, and observes these? They understand the kind acts of YHWH!