Psalm 107
1 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[SUP]16 [/SUP]For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[SUP]22 [/SUP]And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
[SUP]24 [/SUP]These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[SUP]32 [/SUP]Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
[SUP]34 [/SUP]A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
[SUP]35 [/SUP]He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
[SUP]36 [/SUP]And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
[SUP]37 [/SUP]And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
[SUP]38 [/SUP]He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
[SUP]39 [/SUP]Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
[SUP]40 [/SUP]He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
[SUP]41 [/SUP]Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
[SUP]42 [/SUP]The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
[SUP]43 [/SUP]Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.