Psalm 107:1-43 WEB

[1] Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. [2] Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, [3] and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. [4] They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. [5] Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. [6] Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. [7] He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. [8] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! [9] For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. [10] Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, [11] because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High. [12] Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help. [13] Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. [14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains. [15] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! [16] For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron. [17] Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. [18] Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death. [19] Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. [20] He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. [21] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! [22] Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing. [23] Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters, [24] these see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep. [25] For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. [26] They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. [27] They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. [28] Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. [29] He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. [30] Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. [31] Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! [32] Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. [33] He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, [34] and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. [35] He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. [36] There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, [37] sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. [38] He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease. [39] Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. [40] He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. [41] Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. [42] The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. [43] Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.