# Psalm 107 [[Ps-106|← Psalm 106]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-108|Psalm 108 →]] *** ###### v1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ###### v2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, ###### v3 and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. ###### v4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. ###### v5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. ###### v6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, ###### v7 he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. ###### v8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! ###### v9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. ###### v10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, ###### v11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High. ###### v12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help. ###### v13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. ###### v14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains. ###### v15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! ###### v16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron. ###### v17 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. ###### v18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death. ###### v19 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses. ###### v20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. ###### v21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! ###### v22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing. ###### v23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters; ###### v24 These see Yahweh's deeds, and his wonders in the deep. ###### v25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. ###### v26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. ###### v27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. ###### v28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. ###### v29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. ###### v30 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. ###### v31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! ###### v32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. ###### v33 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, ###### v34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. ###### v35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. ###### v36 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, ###### v37 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. ###### v38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease. ###### v39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. ###### v40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. ###### v41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. ###### v42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. ###### v43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. *** [[Ps-106|← Psalm 106]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-108|Psalm 108 →]]