Psalms 107
107
PSALM 107
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Praise God, for he is good: for still
his mercies lasting be.
2Let God's redeem'd say so, whom he
from th' en'my's hand did free;
3And gather'd them out of the lands,
from north, south, east, nd west.
4They stray'd in desert's pathless way,
no city found to rest.
5For thirst and hunger in them faints
6their soul. When straits them press,
They cry unto the Lord,
and he them frees from their distress.
7Them also in a way to walk
that right is he did guide,
That they might to a city go,
wherein they might abide.
8O that men to the Lord would give
praise for his goodness then,
And for his works of wonder done
unto the sons of men!
9For he the soul that longing is
doth fully satisfy;
With goodness he the hungry soul
doth fill abundantly.
10Such as shut up in darkness deep,
and in death's shade abide,
Whom strongly hath affliction bound,
and irons fast have ty'd:
11Because against the words of God
they wrought rebelliously,
And they the counsel did contemn
of him that is most High:
12Their heart he did bring down with grief,
they fell, no help could have.
13In trouble then they cry'd to God,
he them from straits did save.
14He out of darkness did them bring,
and from death's shade them take;
These bands, wherewith they had been bound,
asunder quite he brake.
15O that men to the Lord would give
praise for his goodness then,
And for his works of wonder done
unto the sons of men!
16Because the mighty gates of brass
in pieces he did tear,
By him in sunder also cut
the bars of iron were.
17Fools, for their sin, and their offence,
do sore affliction bear;
18All kind of meat their soul abhors;
they to death's gates draw near.
19In grief they cry to God; he saves
them from their miseries.
20He sends his word, them heals,
and them from their destructions frees.
21O that men to the Lord would give
praise for his goodness then,
And for his works of wonder done
unto the sons of men!
22And let them sacrifice to him
off 'rings of thankfulness;
And let them shew abroad his works
in songs of joyfulness.
23Who go to sea in ships,
and in great waters trading be,
24Within the deep these men God's works
and his great wonders see.
25For he commands,
and forth in haste the stormy tempest flies,
Which makes the sea with rolling waves
aloft to swell and rise.
26They mount to heav'n, then to the depths
they do go down again;
Their soul doth faint and melt away
with trouble and with pain.
27They reel and stagger like one drunk,
at their wit's end they be:
28Then they to God in trouble cry,
who them from straits doth free.
29The storm is chang'd into a calm
at his command and will;
So that the waves, which rag'd before,
now quiet are and still.
30Then are they glad, because at rest
and quiet now they be:
So to the haven he them brings,
which they desir'd to see.
31O that men to the Lord would give
praise for his goodness then,
And for his works of wonder done
unto the sons of men!
32Among the people gathered
let them exalt his name;
Among assembled elders spread
his most renowned fame.
33He to dry land turns water-springs,
and floods to wilderness;
34For sins of those that dwell therein,
fat land to barrenness.
35The burnt and parched wilderness
to water-pools he brings;
The ground that was dry'd up before
he turns to water-springs:
36And there, for dwelling, he a place
doth to the hungry give,
That they a city may prepare
commodiously to live.
37There sow they fields, and vineyards plant,
to yield fruits of increase.
38His blessing makes them multiply,
lets not their beasts decrease.
39Again they are diminished,
and very low brought down,
Through sorrow and affliction,
and great oppression.
40He upon princes pours contempt,
and causeth them to stray,
And wander in a wilderness,
wherein there is no way.
41Yet setteth he the poor on high
from all his miseries,
And he, much like unto a flock,
doth make him families.
42They that are righteous shall rejoice,
when they the same shall see;
And, as ashamed, stop her mouth
shall all iniquity.
43Whoso is wise, and will these things
observe, and them record,
Ev'n they shall understand the love
and kindness of the Lord.
Book 5
Psalms 107—150
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Tehillim 107
107
1O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov; ki l'olam chasdo (for His mercy endureth forever).
2Let the Geulei Hashem (the redeemed of Hashem) say so, whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar;
3And gathered them out of the lands, from the mizrach (east), and from the ma'arav (west), from the tzafon (north), and from the yam (sea).
4They wandered in the midbar in a desolate region; they found no derech to an ir moshav (inhabited city).
5Re'evim (hungry) and tzeme'im (thirsty), their nefesh fainted within them.
6Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
7And He led them forth by the derech yesharah that they might go to an ir moshav.
8Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
9For He satisfieth the longing nefesh, and filleth the hungry nefesh with the tov.
10Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet, being bound in oni and barzel (iron);
11Because they rebelled against the words of G-d, and despised the atzat Elyon (counsel of the Most High);
12Therefore He brought down their lev with amal (toil); they stumbled, and there was no ozer (helper).
13Then they cried out unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He saved them out of their distresses.
14He brought them out of choshech and tzalmavet, and broke apart their chains.
15Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
16For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet, and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron).
17Fools because of their derech peysha, and because of their avonot (iniquities), were afflicted.
18Their nefesh abhorreth all manner of ochel (food); and they drew near unto the sha'arei mavet (gates of death).
19Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He saveth them out of their distresses.
20He sent His Davar, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.#107:20 See Jn 1:1, 14; Mt 4:23
21Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
22And let them sacrifice the zivkhei todah (sacrifices of thanksgiving), and recount His works with joyful singing.
23They that go down to the yam in oniyot (ships), that do business on mayim rabbim (great waters);
24These have seen the ma'asei Hashem, and His nifla'ot (wonders) in the deep.
25For He commandeth, and raiseth up a ruach sa'arah (stormy wind), which lifteth up the galim (waves) thereof.
26They#107:26 the galim mount up to Shomayim, they went down again to the tehomot (depths); their nefesh melted in ra'ah (peril, trouble).
27They reeled and staggered like a shikkor, and were at their witʼs end.
28Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He brought them out of their distresses.
29He made the sa'arah (storm) a calm, so that the galim (waves) thereof were still.#107:29 Mk 4:41
30Then were they glad because they were quiet; so He brought them unto their makhoz chefetz (desired haven, city, district, boundary).
31Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
32Let them exalt Him also in the Kehal Am, and praise Him in the moshav zekenim (council of the elders).
33He turneth neharot (rivers) into a midbar, and the springs of water into dry ground;
34An eretz p'ri (fruitful land) into salt wasteland, because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim, and dry ground into springs of water.
36And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may found an ir moshav (an inhabited city);
37And sow the sadot, and plant kramim, and acquire p'ri tevu'ah (fruits of increase).
38He made a brocha on them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and He doth not permit their behemah to decrease.
39Again, they are diminished and brought low through otzer (oppression), ra'ah (calamity, peril, trouble) and yagon (sorrow, grief).
40He poureth contempt upon nedivim (nobles), and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no derech.
41Yet setteth He the evyon (needy) up above oni (affliction), and maketh him mishpekhot like a tzon (flock).
42The yesharim (upright ones) shall see it, and rejoice with simchah; and all iniquity shall shut its mouth.
43Whosoever is chacham, and will be shomer over these things, even they shall understand the chasdei Hashem (lovingkindnesses of Hashem).
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