rsv - 107

rsv@Psalms:107:1 @ O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

rsv@Psalms:107:2 @ Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

rsv@Psalms:107:3 @ and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

rsv@Psalms:107:4 @ Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;

rsv@Psalms:107:5 @ hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.

rsv@Psalms:107:6 @ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

rsv@Psalms:107:7 @ he led them by a straight way, till they reached a city to dwell in.

rsv@Psalms:107:8 @ Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

rsv@Psalms:107:9 @ For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

rsv@Psalms:107:10 @ Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in affliction and in irons,

rsv@Psalms:107:11 @ for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

rsv@Psalms:107:12 @ Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.

rsv@Psalms:107:13 @ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

rsv@Psalms:107:14 @ he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.

rsv@Psalms:107:15 @ Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

rsv@Psalms:107:16 @ For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.

rsv@Psalms:107:17 @ Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

rsv@Psalms:107:18 @ they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

rsv@Psalms:107:19 @ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

rsv@Psalms:107:20 @ he sent forth his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.

rsv@Psalms:107:21 @ Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

rsv@Psalms:107:22 @ And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

rsv@Psalms:107:23 @ Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

rsv@Psalms:107:24 @ they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.

rsv@Psalms:107:25 @ For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

rsv@Psalms:107:26 @ They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;

rsv@Psalms:107:27 @ they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end.

rsv@Psalms:107:28 @ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

rsv@Psalms:107:29 @ he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

rsv@Psalms:107:30 @ Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

rsv@Psalms:107:31 @ Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

rsv@Psalms:107:32 @ Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

rsv@Psalms:107:33 @ He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

rsv@Psalms:107:34 @ a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

rsv@Psalms:107:35 @ He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.

rsv@Psalms:107:36 @ And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;

rsv@Psalms:107:37 @ they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.

rsv@Psalms:107:38 @ By his blessing they multiply greatly; and he does not let their cattle decrease.

rsv@Psalms:107:39 @ When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

rsv@Psalms:107:40 @ he pours contempt upon princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

rsv@Psalms:107:41 @ but he raises up the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like flocks.

rsv@Psalms:107:42 @ The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.

rsv@Psalms:107:43 @ Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; let men consider the steadfast love of the LORD.

Psalms 107