NIV Psalms 107 Chapter
107:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
107:2
Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
107:3
those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
107:4
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
107:5
They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
107:6
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
107:7
He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
107:8
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
107:9
for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
107:10
Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
107:11
for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
107:12
So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
107:13
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
107:15
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
107:16
for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
107:17
Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
107:18
They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
107:19
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
107:20
He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
107:21
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
107:22
Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
107:23
Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
107:24
They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
107:25
For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
107:26
They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
107:27
They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.
107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
107:29
He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
107:30
They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
107:31
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
107:32
Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
107:33
He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
107:34
and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
107:35
He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
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there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
107:37
They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
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he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
107:39
Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
107:40
he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
107:41
But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
107:42
The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
107:43
Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.