Psalm 107 — Legacy Standard Bible

BOOK 5

Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble

107Oh ^agive thanks to Yahweh, for ^bHe is good,For His lovingkindness endures forever.²Let ^athe redeemed of Yahweh say so,Whom He has ^bredeemed from the hand of the adversary³And ^agathered from the lands,From the east and from the west,From the north and from the ¹south.⁴They ^awandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland;They did not find an inhabited ^bcity.⁵Hungry ¹and thirsty,Their ^asoul fainted within them.⁶Then they ^acried out to Yahweh in their trouble;He delivered them out of their distresses.⁷He led them by a ¹^,^astraight way,To go to ^ban inhabited city.⁸^aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!⁹For He has ^asatisfied the ¹thirsty soul,And the ^bhungry soul He has filled with what is good.¹⁰There were those who ^ainhabited darkness and the shadow of death,^bPrisoners in affliction and irons,¹¹Because they had ^arebelled against the words of GodAnd ^bspurned the ^ccounsel of the Most High.¹²So He subdued their heart with labor;They stumbled and there was ^anone to help.¹³Then they ^acried out to Yahweh in their trouble;He saved them out of their distresses.¹⁴He ^abrought them out of darkness and the shadow of deathAnd ^bbroke their bands apart.¹⁵^aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!¹⁶For He has ^ashattered the doors of bronzeAnd cut through the bars of iron.¹⁷¹Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression,And ^abecause of their iniquities, were afflicted.¹⁸Their ^asoul abhorred all kinds of food,And they ^breached the ^cgates of death.¹⁹Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;He saved them out of their distresses.²⁰He ^asent His word and ^bhealed them,And ^cprovided them escape from their ¹destructions.²¹^aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!²²Let them also offer ^asacrifices of thanksgiving,And ^brecount His works with joyful singing.²³Those who ^ago down to the sea in ships,Who do business on many waters;²⁴They have seen the works of Yahweh,And His wondrous deeds in the deep.²⁵He ^aspoke and set up a ^bstormy wind,Which ^craised up the waves ¹of the sea.²⁶They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;Their soul ^amelted away in the ¹calamity.²⁷They staggered and ^aswayed like a drunken man,And all their wisdom was swallowed up.²⁸Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,And He brought them out of their distresses.²⁹He ^acaused the storm to stand still,So that its waves were hushed.³⁰Then they were glad because they were quiet,So He led them to their desired haven.³¹^aLet them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,And for His ^bwondrous deeds to the sons of men!³²Let them ^aexalt Him also ^bin the assembly of the people,And ^cpraise Him at the seat of the elders.³³He ¹^,^amakes rivers into a ²wildernessAnd springs of water into a thirsty ground;³⁴A ^afruitful land into a ^bsalt waste,Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.³⁵He ^amakes a wilderness into a pool of waterAnd a dry land into springs of water;³⁶And there He causes the hungry to inhabit,So that they may establish ^aan inhabited city,³⁷And sow fields and ^aplant vineyards,And produce a fruitful harvest.³⁸Also He blesses them and they ^amultiply greatly,And He ^bdoes not let their cattle decrease.³⁹But when they ^adecrease and are ^bbowed downThrough oppression, evil, and sorrow,⁴⁰He ^apours contempt upon noblesAnd ^bmakes them wander ^cin a pathless void.⁴¹But He ^asets the needy ¹securely on high away from affliction,And ^bmakes his families like a flock.⁴²The ^aupright see it and are glad;But all ^bunrighteousness shuts its mouth.⁴³Who is ^awise? Let him keep these things,And carefully consider the ^blovingkindnesses of Yahweh.