Psalm 107:1-43 NET

[1] Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures. [2] Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy, [3] and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south. [4] They wandered through the wilderness, in a wasteland; they found no road to a city in which to live. [5] They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion. [6] They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. [7] He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live. [8] Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people. [9] For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food. [10] They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains, [11] because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the Most High. [12] So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. [13] They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. [14] He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles. [15] Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people. [16] For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars. [17] They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins. [18] They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death. [19] They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. [20] He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. [21] Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people. [22] Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done. [23] Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. [24] They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water. [25] He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. [26] They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great. [27] They swayed and staggered like drunks, and all their skill proved ineffective. [28] They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. [29] He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent. [30] The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired. [31] Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people. [32] Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people. Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside. [33] He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, [34] and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. [35] As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. [36] He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live. [37] They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. [38] He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. [39] As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering. [40] He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road. [41] Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep. [42] When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth. [43] Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things. Let them consider the LORD's acts of loyal love.