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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Psalms 107
107
Thanksgiving to Yahweh for His of Deliverance
1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.
2Let the redeemed of Yahweh declare#Hebrew “say” it,
those whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
3and gathered from the lands,
from east and from west, from north and from south.#Hebrew “sea” (yam), which usually means “west” in a listing of directions. The word “south” is expected (Hebrew yamin). Either the MT was corrupted early (along with Isa 49:12; the LXX reads “sea” in both) or it looks to the bodies of waters to the south (see also the Targum)
4They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert.
They could find no way#The MT reads “way” with the previous line. to a city to inhabit.
5Hungry and thirsty,
their soul grew faint within them.
6Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble.
He delivered them from their distresses
7and led them by a straight way
to get to a city to inhabit.
8Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love,
and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind,
9for he satisfies the longing soul,#Thirst is perhaps in view
and the hungry soul he fills with good.
10Those who sat in darkness and gloom,
prisoners of misery and iron—
11because they rebelled against the words of God
and spurned the counsel of the Most High,
12he therefore humbled their heart with trouble.
They stumbled and there was no helper.
13Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble;
he saved them from their distresses.
14He brought them out of darkness and gloom,
and tore off their bonds.
15Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love
and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind,
16for he shatters the doors of bronze,
and cuts through the bars of iron.
17Fools, because of their rebellious way
and their iniquities, were afflicted.
18Their soul abhorred all food,
and they approached the gates of death.
19Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble.
He saved them from their distresses.
20He sent his word and healed them,
and he delivered them from their pits.#This word is only found elsewhere in Lam 4:20 with the sense of “traps”
21Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love,
and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind,
22and let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his works with rejoicing.
23Those who went down to the sea into ships,
doing business on the high seas,#Literally “many waters”
24they saw the works of Yahweh,
and his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25For he spoke and raised up a stormy wind,
and it whipped up its waves.
26They rose to the heavens; they plunged to the depths.
Their soul melted in their calamity.
27They reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and they were at their wits’ end.#Literally “all their wisdom was swallowed up”
28Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distresses.
29He made the storm be still
and their waves became calm.
30Then they were glad because they grew silent,
so he guided them to their desired harbor.
31Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love
and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind,
32and let them exalt him in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33He turns rivers into a wilderness
and springs of water into thirsty ground,
34a fruitful land into a salty place,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35He turns a wilderness into a pool of water
and a dry land into springs of water.
36And he settles the hungry there,
so that they may establish a city to inhabit,
37and sow fields and plant vineyards,
that they may yield fruit at harvest.#Hebrew “and make a fruit of produce”
38And he blesses them and they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their cattle become few.
39When they become few and they are bent down
from the oppression of calamity and grief,
40he pours contempt on princes
and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
41But he protects#The sense is that of making something inaccessibly high, like a fortress the needy from misery,
and he makes their families like a flock.
42The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
43Whoever is wise, then let him observe these things,
and let them consider Yahweh’s acts of loyal love.
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