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Psalm 107

^107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures. ^107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy ^107:3 and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south. ^107:4 They wandered through the wilderness, in a wasteland; they found no road to a city in which to live. ^107:5 They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion. ^107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. ^107:7 He led them on a level road that they might find a city in which to live. ^107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love and for the amazing things he has done for people. ^107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food. ^107:10 They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains ^107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands and rejected the instructions of the Most High. ^107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. ^107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. ^107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness and tore off their shackles. ^107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love and for the amazing things he has done for people. ^107:16 For he shattered the bronze gates and hacked through the iron bars. ^107:17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins. ^107:18 They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death. ^107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. ^107:20 He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. ^107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love and for the amazing things he has done for people. ^107:22 Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done. ^107:23 Some traveled on the sea in ships and carried cargo over the vast waters. ^107:24 They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water. ^107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. ^107:26 They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. ^107:27 They swayed and staggered like drunks, and all their skill proved ineffective. ^107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. ^107:29 He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent. ^107:30 The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired. ^107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love and for the amazing things he has done for people. ^107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people. Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside. ^107:33 He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, ^107:34 and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. ^107:35 As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water and a dry land into springs of water. ^107:36 He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live. ^107:37 They cultivated fields and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. ^107:38 He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. ^107:39 As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering. ^107:40 He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road. ^107:41 Yet he protected the needy from oppression and cared for his families like a flock of sheep. ^107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth. ^107:43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things. Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love.

^107:43 A song, a psalm of David.