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107:1  O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!
107:2  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary,
107:3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the [Red] Sea in the south.
107:4  Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation.
107:5  Hungry and thirsty, they fainted; their lives were near to being extinguished.
107:6  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
107:7  He led them forth by the straight and right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes.
107:8  Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
107:9  For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.
107:10  Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons,
107:11  Because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
107:12  Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled and fell down, and there was none to help.
107:13  Then they cried to the Lord 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 apart the bonds that held them.
107:15  Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
107:16  For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart.
107:17  Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities.
107:18  They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
107:19  Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses.
107:20  He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction.
107:21  Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
107:22  And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy and singing!
107:23  Some go down to the sea and travel over it in ships to do business in great waters;
107:24  These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.
107:25  For He commands and raises up the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.
107:26  [Those aboard] mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight.
107:27  They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits’ end [all their wisdom has come to nothing].
107:28  Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses.
107:29  He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still.
107:30  Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven.
107:31  Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!
107:32  Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders.
107:33  He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground,
107:34  A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
107:35  He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water springs;
107:36  And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation,
107:37  And sow fields, and plant vineyards which yield fruits of increase.
107:38  He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease.
107:39  When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
107:40  He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road.
107:41  Yet He raises the poor and needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock.
107:42  The upright shall see it and be glad, but all iniquity shall shut its mouth.
107:43  Whoso is wise [if there be any truly wise] will observe and heed these things; and they will diligently consider the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord.