Psalms Chapter 107
| 1 | O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. | 2 | Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; | 3 | And gathered them 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 solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. | 5 | Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. | 6 | Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. | 7 | And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. | 8 | Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! | 9 | For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. | 10 | Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; | 11 | Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: | 12 | Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. | 13 | Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. | 14 | He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. | 15 | Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! | 16 | For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. | 17 | Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. | 18 | Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. | 19 | Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. | 20 | He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. | 21 | Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! | 22 | And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. | 23 | They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; | 24 | These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. | 25 | For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. | 26 | They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. | 27 | They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. | 28 | Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. | 29 | He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. | 30 | Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. | 31 | Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! | 32 | Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. | 33 | He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; | 34 | A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. | 35 | He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. | 36 | And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; | 37 | And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. | 38 | He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. | 39 | Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. | 40 | He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. | 41 | Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. | 42 | The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. | 43 | Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. |