107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say this--those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

107:3 those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

107:4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.

107:5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.

107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

107:7 He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.

107:8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

107:9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

107:10 Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,

107:11 for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

107:12 So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

107:13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.

107:15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

107:16 for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

107:17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.

107:18 They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.

107:19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

107:20 He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

107:21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

107:22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

107:23 Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.

107:24 They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.

107:25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.

107:26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.

107:27 They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.

107:28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.

107:29 He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

107:30 They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.

107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.

107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.

107:33 He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

107:34 and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

107:35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;

107:36 there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

107:37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;

107:38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

107:39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

107:40 he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

107:41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

107:42 The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.

107:43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.