Psalms 107

1O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever.● 2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say `so', Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,● 3And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.● 4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.● 5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.● 6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,● 7He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.● 8Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!● 9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.● 10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,● 11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:● 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.● 13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.● 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.● 15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!● 16For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.● 17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.● 18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.● 19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.● 20He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth `them' from their destructions.● 21Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!● 22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.● 23They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;● 24These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.● 25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.● 26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.● 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.● 28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.● 29He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.● 30Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.● 31Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!● 32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.● 33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;● 34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.● 35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.● 36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,● 37And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.● 38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.● 39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.● 40He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.● 41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh `him' families like a flock.● 42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.● 43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah. Psalm 108 A Song, A Psalm of David.●