Passage

Psalm 107

43 verses

1

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

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2

Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

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3

and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

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8

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

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9

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

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10

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

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because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

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12

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.

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13

Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

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14

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.

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15

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

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16

For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.

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17

Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

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18

Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

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19

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.

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20

He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

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21

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

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22

Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.

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23

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,

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these see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.

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For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

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26

They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

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They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

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28

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

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29

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

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30

Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

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Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!

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32

Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

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33

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

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and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

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He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

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36

There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

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37

sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

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38

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

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39

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

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He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

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41

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

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42

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

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43

Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

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