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107:1  “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his kindness endures forever.”
107:2  Let this be the prayer of the redeemed of the Lord, those he redeemed from the hand of the foe
107:3  and gathered together from the lands, from east and west, north and south.
107:4  Some wandered in a barren wilderness, unable to discover a path to an inhabited city.
107:5  They were hungry and thirsty, and their life was wasting away.
107:6  Then they cried out to the Lord in their anguish, and he saved them from their distress.
107:7  He led them by a direct route to a city in which they could dwell.
107:8  Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness and for the wonders he does for people.
107:9  He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.
107:10  Some sat in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in misery and in chains,
107:11  because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the plan of the Most High.
107:12  He humbled their hearts with hard labor; when they stumbled, no one was there to offer help.
107:13  Then they cried out to the Lord in their need, and he rescued them from their distress.
107:14  He brought them forth from darkness and the shadow of death and tore their chains to pieces.
107:15  Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness and for the wonders he does for people.
107:16  He has broken down gates of bronze and cut through iron bars.
107:17  Some were made foolish by their wicked ways and were afflicted because of their iniquities.
107:18  All types of food became loathsome to them, and they were nearing the gates of death.
107:19  Then they cried out to the Lord in their anguish, and he rescued them from their distress.
107:20  He sent forth his word and healed them, saving them from the grave.
107:21  Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness and for the wonders he does for people.
107:22  Let them offer sacrifices in thanksgiving and recount his deeds with jubilation.
107:23  Some went down to the sea in ships and engaged in commerce on the mighty waters.
107:24  They beheld the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
107:25  He spoke and raised up a storm wind that stirred up the waves of the sea.
107:26  They were lifted up to the heavens, then cast down to the depths; their courage melted away in their plight.
107:27  They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and they were at their wits’ end.
107:28  They cried out to the Lord in their anguish, and he delivered them from their distress.
107:29  He reduced the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
107:30  They rejoiced because of the calm, and he guided them to the port they sought.
107:31  Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness and for the wonders he does for people.
107:32  Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
107:33  He turns rivers into wasteland, springs of water into parched ground,
107:34  and fertile land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who live there.
107:35  He turns the wasteland into pools of water and the parched ground into bubbling springs.
107:36  There he provides the hungry with a home, and they build a city where they can settle.
107:37  They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield crops for the harvest.
107:38  He blesses them and they greatly increase in number, and he does not let their cattle decrease.
107:39  Eventually their numbers diminish and they are humbled because of oppression, adversity, and affliction;
107:40  he who pours forth his contempt on princes makes them wander in trackless wastes,
107:41  while he raises the needy from their misery and increases their families like flocks.
107:42  The upright see and exult, while the wicked are reduced to silence.
107:43  Let whoever is wise reflect on these things and understand the merciful love of the Lord.