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107:1  O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever.
107:2  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble
107:3  and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
107:4  Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town;
107:5  hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
107:6  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;
107:7  he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town.
107:8  Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
107:9  For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.
107:10  Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons,
107:11  for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
107:12  Their hearts were bowed down with hard labour; they fell down, with no one to help.
107:13  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress;
107:14  he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.
107:15  Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
107:16  For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.
107:17  Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities endured affliction;
107:18  they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
107:19  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress;
107:20  he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.
107:21  Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
107:22  And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.
107:23  Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the mighty waters;
107:24  they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep.
107:25  For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
107:26  They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their calamity;
107:27  they reeled and staggered like drunkards, and were at their wits’ end.
107:28  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out from their distress;
107:29  he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
107:30  Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
107:31  Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.
107:32  Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
107:33  He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
107:34  a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
107:35  He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
107:36  And there he lets the hungry live, and they establish a town to live in;
107:37  they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.
107:38  By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle decrease.
107:39  When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
107:40  he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
107:41  but he raises up the needy out of distress, and makes their families like flocks.
107:42  The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.
107:43  Let those who are wise give heed to these things, and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.