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107:1  Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.
107:2  Let the redeemed of the LORD proclaim that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe
107:3  and has gathered them from the lands-- from the east and the west, from the north and the south.
107:4  Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.
107:5  They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them.
107:6  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He rescued them from their distress.
107:7  He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.
107:8  Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity.
107:9  For He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.
107:10  Others sat in darkness and gloom-- prisoners in cruel chains--
107:11  because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the counsel of the Most High.
107:12  He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
107:13  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress.
107:14  He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart.
107:15  Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity.
107:16  For He has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.
107:17  Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their sins.
107:18  They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.
107:19  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress.
107:20  He sent His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
107:21  Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity.
107:22  Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and announce His works with shouts of joy.
107:23  Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast waters.
107:24  They saw the LORD's works, His wonderful works in the deep.
107:25  He spoke and raised a tempest that stirred up the waves of the sea.
107:26  Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,
107:27  they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and all their skill was useless.
107:28  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
107:29  He stilled the storm to a murmur, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
107:30  They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.
107:31  Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity.
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 desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
107:34  and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
107:35  He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.
107:36  He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live.
107:37  They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
107:38  He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their livestock decrease.
107:39  When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow,
107:40  He pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
107:41  But He lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families multiply like flocks.
107:42  The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.
107:43  Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the LORD's acts of faithful love.