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107:1  “Give thanks to the Lord because he is good, because his faithful love lasts forever!”
107:2  That’s what those who are redeemed by the Lord say, the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,
107:3  the ones God gathered from various countries, from east and west, north and south.
107:4  Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland. They couldn’t find their way to a city or town.
107:5  They were hungry and thirsty; their lives were slipping away.
107:6  So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.
107:7  God led them straight to human habitation.
107:8  Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people,
107:9  because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst, and he filled up the hungry with good things!
107:10  Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom; they were prisoners suffering in chains
107:11  because they had disobeyed God’s instructions and rejected the Most High’s plans.
107:12  So God humbled them with hard work. They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.
107:13  So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
107:14  God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom; he shattered their chains.
107:15  Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people,
107:16  because God has shattered bronze doors and split iron bars in two!
107:17  Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways. They suffered because of their wickedness.
107:18  They had absolutely no appetite for food; they had arrived at death’s gates.
107:19  So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
107:20  God gave the order and healed them; he rescued them from their pit.
107:21  Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people.
107:22  Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and declare what God has done in songs of joy!
107:23  Some of the redeemed had gone out on the ocean in ships, making their living on the high seas.
107:24  They saw what the Lord had made; they saw his wondrous works in the depths of the sea.
107:25  God spoke and stirred up a storm that brought the waves up high.
107:26  The waves went as high as the sky; they crashed down to the depths. The sailors’ courage melted at this terrible situation.
107:27  They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk. None of their skill was of any help.
107:28  So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God brought them out safe from their desperate circumstances.
107:29  God quieted the storm to a whisper; the sea’s waves were hushed.
107:30  So they rejoiced because the waves had calmed down; then God led them to the harbor they were hoping for.
107:31  Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people.
107:32  Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people and praise God in the assembly of the elders.
107:33  God turns rivers into desert, watery springs into thirsty ground,
107:34  fruitful land into unproductive dirt, when its inhabitants are wicked.
107:35  But God can also turn the desert into watery pools, thirsty ground into watery springs,
107:36  where he settles the hungry. They even build a city and live there!
107:37  They plant fields and vineyards and obtain a fruitful harvest.
107:38  God blesses them, and they become many. God won’t even let their cattle diminish.
107:39  But when they do diminish— when they’re brought down by oppression, trouble, and grief—
107:40  God pours contempt on their leaders, making them wander aimlessly in the wastelands.
107:41  But God raises the needy from their suffering; he makes their families as numerous as sheep!
107:42  Those who do right see it and celebrate, but every wicked person shuts their mouth.
107:43  Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things, carefully considering the Lord’s faithful love.