107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,
For His mercy is everlasting.
107:2 The redeemed of the LORD shall say so,
Those whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
107:3 And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the ①south.
▷ ①Lit sea
107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a ①desert region;
They did not find a way to ②an inhabited city.
▷ ①Lit waste ②Or a habitable city; lit a city of habitation
107:5 They were hungry ①and thirsty;
Their souls felt weak within them.
▷ ①Lit also
107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
107:7 He also had them walk on a ①straight way,
To go to ②an inhabited city.
▷ ①Or level ②Or a habitable city; lit a city of habitation
107:8 They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy,
And for His ①wonders to the sons of mankind!
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts
107:9 For He has satisfied the ①thirsty soul,
And He has filled the hungry soul with what is good.
▷ ①Or parched
107:10 There were those who lived in darkness and in ①the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and ②chains,
▷ ①Or deep gloom ②Lit irons
107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And rejected the plan of the Most High.
107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was no one to help.
107:13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
107:14 He brought them out of darkness and ①the shadow of death
And broke their bands apart.
▷ ①Or deep darkness
107:15 They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy,
And for His ①wonders to the sons of mankind!
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts
107:16 For He has shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.
107:17 Fools, because of ①their rebellious way,
And because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
▷ ①Lit the way of their offense
107:18 Their souls loathed all kinds of food,
And they came close to the gates of death.
107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
107:20 He sent His word and healed them,
And saved them from their ①destruction.
▷ ①Lit pits
107:21 They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy,
And for His ①wonders to the sons of mankind!
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts
107:22 They shall also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And tell of His works with joyful singing.
107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
107:24 They have seen the works of the LORD,
And His ①wonders in the deep.
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts
107:25 For He spoke and raised a stormy wind,
Which lifted the waves ①of the sea.
▷ ①Lit of it
107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul melted away in their misery.
107:27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken person,
And ①were at their wits’ end.
▷ ①Lit all their wisdom was swallowed up
107:28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
107:29 He caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves ①of the sea were hushed.
▷ ①Lit of it
107:30 Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired harbor.
107:31 They shall give thanks to the LORD for His mercy,
And for His ①wonders to the sons of mankind!
▷ ①I.e., wonderful acts
107:32 They shall also exalt Him in the congregation of the people,
And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
107:33 He turns rivers into a ①wilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
▷ ①Or desert
107:34 And a fruitful land into a salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
107:35 He turns a ①wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into springs of water;
▷ ①Or desert
107:36 And He has the hungry live there,
So that they may establish ①an inhabited city,
▷ ①Or a habitable city; lit a city of habitation
107:37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
And ①gather a fruitful harvest.
▷ ①Lit acquire fruits of yield
107:38 He also blesses them and they multiply greatly,
And He does not let their cattle decrease.
107:39 When they become few and lowly
Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,
107:40 He pours contempt upon noblemen
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
107:41 But He sets the needy ①securely on high, away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.
▷ ①Lit in an inaccessibly high place
107:42 The upright see it and are glad;
But all injustice shuts its mouth.
107:43 Who is wise? He is to pay attention to these things,
And consider the mercy of the LORD.