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107:1  Give thanks to the Lord for He is good! His loving-kindness lasts forever!
107:2  Let the people who have been saved say so. He has bought them and set them free from the hand of those who hated them.
107:3  He gathered them from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
107:4  Some traveled through the desert wastes. They did not find a way to a city where they could live.
107:5  They were hungry and thirsty. Their souls became weak within them.
107:6  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He took them out of their suffering.
107:7  He led them by a straight path to a city where they could live.
107:8  Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
107:9  For He fills the thirsty soul. And He fills the hungry soul with good things.
107:10  Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. They suffered in prison in iron chains.
107:11  Because they had turned against the Words of God. They hated what the Most High told them to do.
107:12  So He loaded them down with hard work. They fell and there was no one to help.
107:13  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He saved them from their suffering.
107:14  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death. And He broke their chains.
107:15  Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
107:16  For He has broken gates of brass and cut through walls of iron.
107:17  Some were fools because of their wrong-doing. They had troubles because of their sins.
107:18  They hated all kinds of food. And they came near the gates of death.
107:19  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He saved them from their suffering.
107:20  He sent His Word and healed them. And He saved them from the grave.
107:21  Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
107:22  Let them give Him gifts of thanks and tell of His works with songs of joy.
107:23  Some went out to sea in ships to buy and sell on the great waters.
107:24  They have seen what the Lord can do and His great works on the sea.
107:25  For He spoke and raised up a storm that lifted up the waves of the sea.
107:26  They went up to the heavens and down to the deep. Their strength of heart left them in their danger.
107:27  They could not walk straight but went from side to side like a drunk man. They did not know what to do.
107:28  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble. And He took them out of all their problems.
107:29  He stopped the storm, and the waves of the sea became quiet.
107:30  Then they were glad because the sea became quiet. And He led them to the safe place they wanted.
107:31  Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!
107:32  Let them honor Him in the meeting of the people and praise Him in the meeting of the leaders.
107:33  He changes rivers into a desert and wells of water into a thirsty ground.
107:34  He changes a land of much fruit into a salt waste because of the sin of those who live in it.
107:35  He changes a desert into a pool of water and makes water flow out of dry ground.
107:36  And He makes the hungry go there so they may build a city to live in.
107:37  They plant seeds in the fields and plant grape-vines and gather much fruit.
107:38  He lets good come to them and they become many in number. And He does not let the number of their cattle become less.
107:39  When the number of people becomes less and they are put to shame under a bad power and trouble and sorrow,
107:40  He pours anger on rulers. He makes them walk in the waste places where there is no path.
107:41  But He lifts those in need out of their troubles. He makes their families grow like flocks.
107:42  Those who are right see it and are glad. But all the sinful shut their mouths.
107:43  Let the wise man think about these things. And may he think about the loving-kindness of the Lord.