Psalms 107

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

Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness for his kindness endures forever.

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

Let this be the song of the ransomed, whom the Lord has redeemed from distress,

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

gathering them from all lands, east, west, north, and south.

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

In the wastes of the desert some wandered, finding no way to a city inhabited.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

Full of hunger and thirst, their spirit failed.

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

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses,

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

guiding them straight on the way, till they reached an inhabited city.

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

Let them thank the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people;

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

for the thirsty he satisfies, and the hungry he fills with good things.

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

Some sat in darkness and gloom prisoners in irons and misery,

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

for rebelling against God’s word, and spurning the Most High’s counsel.

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

Their heart was bowed with toil; there was no one to help when they stumbled.

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

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

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

Out of darkness and gloom he brought them, and burst their chains.

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

Let them praise the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.

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

For he shattered the gates of bronze, and broke bars of iron.

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

Some were sick from their wicked ways, and suffering because of their sins.

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

All manner of food they hated; they had come to the gates of death.

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

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

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

He sent his word and healed them, and delivered their life from the pit.

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

Let them praise the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.

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

Let them offer to him thankofferings, and with joy tell what things he has done.

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

Some crossed the sea in ships, doing business in great waters.

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

They have seen what the Lord can do, and his wonderful deeds on the deep.

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

At his command rose a tempest, which lifted the waves on high.

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

Up to heaven they went, down to the depths; their courage failed them.

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

They staggered and reeled like drunkards; all their skills useless.

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

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

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

He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

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

They were glad, because it was quiet; they were led to the haven they longed for.

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

Let them praise the Lord, for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.

32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

Where the people assemble, extol him, and praise him in council of elders.

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

He turns streams into a wilderness, springs of water into thirsty land,

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

fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the sin of the people.

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

A desert he makes pools of water, a land of drought into springs of water.

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

He settles the hungry therein, they establish a city to live in.

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

They sow fields and plant vineyards, which furnish a fruitful yield.

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

By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he lets not their cattle decrease.

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

Yet when they are bowed and diminished by oppression, misfortune, or sorrow,

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

he pours contempt upon princes, and on trackless wastes leads them astray

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

He lifts the poor out of misery, and makes families fruitful as flocks.

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

At this sight shall the upright be glad, and all wicked mouths shall be stopped.

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

Let those who are wise observe this, and consider the love of the Lord