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