Psalm 107
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His gracious love exists forever.ISV — Psalm 107:1
2 Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it— those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy,ISV — Psalm 107:2
3 those whom he gathered from other lands— from the east, west, north, and south. ISV — Psalm 107:3
4 They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live.ISV — Psalm 107:4
5 Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed.ISV — Psalm 107:5
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.ISV — Psalm 107:6
7 He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live.ISV — Psalm 107:7
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind.ISV — Psalm 107:8
9 He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.ISV — Psalm 107:9
10 Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,ISV — Psalm 107:10
11 because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High.ISV — Psalm 107:11
12 He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper.ISV — Psalm 107:12
13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he delivered them from their distress.ISV — Psalm 107:13
14 And he brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death, shattering their chains.ISV — Psalm 107:14
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds to mankind.ISV — Psalm 107:15
16 For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars.ISV — Psalm 107:16
17 Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities.ISV — Psalm 107:17
18 They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death.ISV — Psalm 107:18
19 Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from certain destruction.ISV — Psalm 107:19
20 He issued his command and healed them; he delivered them from their destruction.ISV — Psalm 107:20
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds for mankind.ISV — Psalm 107:21
22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy.ISV — Psalm 107:22
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters,ISV — Psalm 107:23
24 witnessed the works of the LORD— his awesome deeds in the ocean’s depth.ISV — Psalm 107:24
25 He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge.ISV — Psalm 107:25
26 The people ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage melting away in their peril.ISV — Psalm 107:26
27 They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless.ISV — Psalm 107:27
28 Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, the LORD brought them out of their distress.ISV — Psalm 107:28
29 He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down.ISV — Psalm 107:29
30 So they rejoiced that the waves became quiet, and he led them to their desired haven.ISV — Psalm 107:30
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind.ISV — Psalm 107:31
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the counsel of the elders.ISV — Psalm 107:32
33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground,ISV — Psalm 107:33
34 and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.ISV — Psalm 107:34
35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.ISV — Psalm 107:35
36 There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.ISV — Psalm 107:36
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a productive harvest.ISV — Psalm 107:37
38 Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle. ISV — Psalm 107:38
39 But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow.ISV — Psalm 107:39
40 Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way.ISV — Psalm 107:40
41 Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock.ISV — Psalm 107:41
42 The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.ISV — Psalm 107:42
43 Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD.ISV — Psalm 107:43