תהילים 107
| הדו ליהוה כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו׃ | 1 |
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
| יאמרו גאולי יהוה אשר גאלם מיד צר׃ | 2 |
Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;
| ומארצות קבצם ממזרח וממערב מצפון ומים׃ | 3 |
Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
| תעו במדבר בישימון דרך עיר מושב לא מצאו׃ | 4 |
They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
| רעבים גם צמאים נפשם בהם תתעטף׃ | 5 |
Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
| ויצעקו אל יהוה בצר להם ממצוקותיהם יצילם׃ | 6 |
Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
| וידריכם בדרך ישרה ללכת אל עיר מושב׃ | 7 |
Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.
| יודו ליהוה חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם׃ | 8 |
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
| כי השביע נפש שקקה ונפש רעבה מלא טוב׃ | 9 |
He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
| ישבי חשך וצלמות אסירי עני וברזל׃ | 10 |
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
| כי המרו אמרי אל ועצת עליון נאצו׃ | 11 |
Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
| ויכנע בעמל לבם כשלו ואין עזר׃ | 12 |
So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.
| ויזעקו אל יהוה בצר להם ממצקותיהם יושיעם׃ | 13 |
Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
| יוציאם מחשך וצלמות ומוסרותיהם ינתק׃ | 14 |
He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
| יודו ליהוה חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם׃ | 15 |
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
| כי שבר דלתות נחשת ובריחי ברזל גדע׃ | 16 |
The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
| אולים מדרך פשעם ומעונתיהם יתענו׃ | 17 |
Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
| כל אכל תתעב נפשם ויגיעו עד שערי מות׃ | 18 |
They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
| ויזעקו אל יהוה בצר להם ממצקותיהם יושיעם׃ | 19 |
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
| ישלח דברו וירפאם וימלט משחיתותם׃ | 20 |
He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
| יודו ליהוה חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם׃ | 21 |
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
| ויזבחו זבחי תודה ויספרו מעשיו ברנה׃ | 22 |
Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
| יורדי הים באניות עשי מלאכה במים רבים׃ | 23 |
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
| המה ראו מעשי יהוה ונפלאותיו במצולה׃ | 24 |
They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
| ויאמר ויעמד רוח סערה ותרומם גליו׃ | 25 |
For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
| יעלו שמים ירדו תהומות נפשם ברעה תתמוגג׃ | 26 |
The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.
| יחוגו וינועו כשכור וכל חכמתם תתבלע׃ | 27 |
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
| ויצעקו אל יהוה בצר להם וממצוקתיהם יוציאם׃ | 28 |
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
| יקם סערה לדממה ויחשו גליהם׃ | 29 |
He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
| וישמחו כי ישתקו וינחם אל מחוז חפצם׃ | 30 |
Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
| יודו ליהוה חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם׃ | 31 |
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
| וירממוהו בקהל עם ובמושב זקנים יהללוהו׃ | 32 |
Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
| ישם נהרות למדבר ומצאי מים לצמאון׃ | 33 |
He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;
| ארץ פרי למלחה מרעת ישבי בה׃ | 34 |
He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
| ישם מדבר לאגם מים וארץ ציה למצאי מים׃ | 35 |
He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
| ויושב שם רעבים ויכוננו עיר מושב׃ | 36 |
And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
| ויזרעו שדות ויטעו כרמים ויעשו פרי תבואה׃ | 37 |
And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
| ויברכם וירבו מאד ובהמתם לא ימעיט׃ | 38 |
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
| וימעטו וישחו מעצר רעה ויגון׃ | 39 |
And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
| שפך בוז על נדיבים ויתעם בתהו לא דרך׃ | 40 |
He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
| וישגב אביון מעוני וישם כצאן משפחות׃ | 41 |
But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
| יראו ישרים וישמחו וכל עולה קפצה פיה׃ | 42 |
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
| מי חכם וישמר אלה ויתבוננו חסדי יהוה׃ | 43 |
Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
