Psalms 107
acv@Psalms:107:1 @ O give thanks to LORD, For he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
acv@Psalms:107:2 @ Let the redeemed of LORD say [so], whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
acv@Psalms:107:3 @ and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
acv@Psalms:107:4 @ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city of habitation.
acv@Psalms:107:5 @ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
acv@Psalms:107:6 @ Then they cried to LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
acv@Psalms:107:7 @ He also led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
acv@Psalms:107:8 @ O that men would praise LORD for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
acv@Psalms:107:9 @ For he satisfies the longing soul, and he fills the hungry soul with good,
acv@Psalms:107:10 @ [even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
acv@Psalms:107:11 @ because they rebelled against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the Most High.
acv@Psalms:107:12 @ Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
acv@Psalms:107:13 @ Then they cried to LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
acv@Psalms:107:14 @ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.
acv@Psalms:107:15 @ O that men would praise LORD for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
acv@Psalms:107:16 @ For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron apart.
acv@Psalms:107:17 @ Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.
acv@Psalms:107:18 @ Their soul abhors all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.
acv@Psalms:107:19 @ Then they cry to LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
acv@Psalms:107:20 @ He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers [them] from their destructions.
acv@Psalms:107:21 @ O that men would praise LORD for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
acv@Psalms:107:22 @ And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
acv@Psalms:107:23 @ Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
acv@Psalms:107:24 @ these [men] see the works of LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
acv@Psalms:107:25 @ For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it.
acv@Psalms:107:26 @ They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
acv@Psalms:107:27 @ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
acv@Psalms:107:28 @ Then they cry to LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.
acv@Psalms:107:29 @ He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.
acv@Psalms:107:30 @ Then they are glad because they are quiet, so he brings them to their desired haven.
acv@Psalms:107:31 @ O that men would praise LORD for his loving kindness, and for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
acv@Psalms:107:32 @ Let them also exalt him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
acv@Psalms:107:33 @ He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water springs into a thirsty ground,
acv@Psalms:107:34 @ a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
acv@Psalms:107:35 @ He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
acv@Psalms:107:36 @ And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation,
acv@Psalms:107:37 @ and sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get fruits of increase.
acv@Psalms:107:38 @ He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and he does not allow their cattle to decrease.
acv@Psalms:107:39 @ Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
acv@Psalms:107:40 @ He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
acv@Psalms:107:41 @ Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes [him] families like a flock.
acv@Psalms:107:42 @ The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
acv@Psalms:107:43 @ He who is wise will give heed to these things, and they will consider the loving kindnesses of LORD.