Psalms 107

BOOK V

Psalms 107—150

Thanksgiving for Deliverance

(Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25)

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;

His loving devotion endures forever.1

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,

whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy1

³and gathered from the lands,

from east and west, from north and south.1

⁴Some wandered in desert wastelands,

finding no path to a city in which to dwell.1

⁵They were hungry and thirsty;

their soul fainted within them.1

⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

and He delivered them from their distress.1

⁷He led them on a straight path

to reach a city where they could live.1

⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion

and His wonders to the sons of men.1

⁹For He satisfies the thirsty

and fills the hungry with good things.1

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,

prisoners in affliction and chains,1

¹¹because they rebelled against the words of God

and despised the counsel of the Most High.1

¹²He humbled their hearts with hard labor;

they stumbled, and there was no one to help.1

¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

and He saved them from their distress.1

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death

and broke away their chains.1

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion

and His wonders to the sons of men.1

¹⁶For He has broken down the gates of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron.1

¹⁷Fools, in their rebellious ways,

and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.1

¹⁸They loathed all food

and drew near to the gates of death.1

¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

and He saved them from their distress.1

²⁰He sent forth His word and healed them;

He rescued them from the Pit.2

²¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion

and His wonders to the sons of men.1

²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving

and declare His works with rejoicing.1

²³Others went out to sea in ships,

conducting trade on the mighty waters.2

²⁴They saw the works of the LORD,

and His wonders in the deep.1

²⁵For He spoke and raised a tempest

that lifted the waves of the sea.1

²⁶They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths;

their courage melted in their anguish.1

²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunkards,

and all their skill was useless.1

²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

and He brought them out of their distress.1

²⁹He calmed the storm to a whisper,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.1

³⁰They rejoiced in the silence,

and He guided them to the harbor they desired.1

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion

and His wonders to the sons of men.1

³²Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people

and praise Him in the council of the elders.1

³³He turns rivers into deserts,

springs of water into thirsty ground,1

³⁴and fruitful land into fields of salt,

because of the wickedness of its dwellers.1

³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water

and a dry land into flowing springs.1

³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there,

that they may establish a city in which to dwell.1

³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest.2

³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;

He does not let their herds diminish.1

³⁹When they are decreased and humbled

by oppression, evil, and sorrow,1

⁴⁰He pours out contempt on the nobles

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.1

⁴¹But He lifts the needy from affliction

and increases their families like flocks.1

⁴²The upright see and rejoice,

and all iniquity shuts its mouth.1

⁴³Let him who is wise pay heed to these things

and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.1