PSALM 107
1Acclaim the LORD, for He is good,
for His kindness is forever.
2Let the LORD’s redeemed ones say,
whom he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3and gathered them from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.
4They wandered in wilderness, wasteland,
found no road to a settled town,
5hungry, thirsty, too,
their life-breath failed within them.
6And they cried to the LORD from their straits,
from their distress He saved them.
7And He led them on a straight road
to go to a settled town.
8Let them acclaim to the LORD His kindness
and His wonders to humankind.
9For He sated the thirsting throat
and the hungry throat He filled with good—
10dwellers in dark and death’s shadow,
11For they rebelled against God’s sayings,
the Most High’s counsel they despised.
12And He brought their heart low in troubles.
They stumbled with none to help.
13And they cried to the LORD from their straits,
from their distress He rescued them.
14He brought them out from the dark and death’s shadow
and their bonds He sundered.
15Let them acclaim to the LORD His kindness
and His wonders to humankind.
16For He shattered the doors of bronze
and the iron bars He hacked off.
17Fools because of their sinful way,
because of their misdeeds they were afflicted.
18All food their throat rejected,
they came to the gates of death.
19And they cried to the LORD from their straits,
from their distress He rescued them.
20He sent forth His word and healed them,
and delivered them from their pit.
21Let them acclaim to the LORD His kindness,
and His wonders to humankind,
22and offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and recount His deeds in glad song.
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
who do tasks in the mighty waters,
24it is they who have seen the deeds of the LORD,
and His wonders in the deep.
25He speaks and raises the storm win
and it makes the waves loom high.
26They go up to the heavens, come down to the depths,
their life-breath in hardship grows faint.
27They reel and sway like a drunkard,
all their wisdom is swallowed up.
28And they cry to the LORD from their straits
from their distress He brings them out.
29He turns the storm into silence,
and its waves are stilled,
30and they rejoice that these have grown quiet,
and He leads them to their bourn.
31Let them acclaim to the LORD His kindness
and His wonders to humankind.
32Let them exalt Him in the people’s assembly
and in the session of elders praise Him.
33He turns rivers into wilderness
and springs of water into thirsty ground,
34fruitful land into salt flats,
because of the evil of those who dwell there.
35He turns wilderness to pools of water,
and parched land to springs of water,
36and settles there the hungry,
firmly founds a settled town.
37And they sow fields and they plant vineyards,
which produce a fruitful yield.
38And He blesses them and they multiply greatly,
and their beasts He does not let dwindle.
40He pours scorn upon the princes,
and makes them wander in trackless wastes.
39And they dwindle and are bowed down,
from harsh oppression and sorrow.
41And He raises the needy from affliction,
and increases his clans like flocks.
42Let the upright see and rejoice,
and all wickedness shut its mouth.
43He who is wise will watch these
and take to heart the LORD’s kindnesses.