Psalms 107
BOOK V
Psalm 107
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance
1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.23Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe4
5and has gathered them from the lands — from the east and the west, from the north and the south.6
7Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.8
9They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them.10
11Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he rescued them from their distress.12
13He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.14
15Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.16
17For he has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.18
19Others sat in darkness and gloom — prisoners in cruel chains —20
21because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the counsel of the Most High.22
23He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.24
25Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.26
27He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart.28
29Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.30
31For he has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.32
33Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.34
35They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.36
37Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.38
39He sent his word and healed them; he rescued them from their traps.40
41Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.42
43Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.44
45Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast water.46
47They saw the Lord’s works, his wondrous works in the deep.48
49He spoke and raised a stormy wind that stirred up the waves of the sea.50
51Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,52
53they reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and all their skill was useless.54
55Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.56
57He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.58
59They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.60
61Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.62
63Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.64
65He turns rivers into desert, springs into thirsty ground,66
67and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.68
69He turns a desert into a pool, dry land into springs.70
71He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live.72
73They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.74
75He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; he does not let their livestock decrease.76
77When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow,78
79he pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.80
81But he lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families multiply like flocks.82
83The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.84
85Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.86