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107:1  Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
107:2  Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
107:3  And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
107:4  They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
107:5  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
107:6  Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
107:7  he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
107:8  Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:9  For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
107:10  Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
107:11  because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
107:12  Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
107:13  Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
107:14  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.
107:15  Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:16  For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.
107:17  Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
107:18  Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
107:19  Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.
107:20  He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
107:21  Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107:22  Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
107:23  Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;
107:24  These see Yahweh's works, and his wonders in the deep.
107:25  For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
107:26  They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
107:27  They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
107:28  Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
107:29  He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
107:30  Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
107:31  Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men!
107:32  Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
107:33  He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
107:34  and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
107:35  He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
107:36  There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
107:37  sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
107:38  He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.
107:39  Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
107:40  He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
107:41  Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
107:42  The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
107:43  Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. A Song. A Psalm by David.