Psalms 107
107
God’s Constant Love
1Let everyone give all their praise and thanks to the Lord!
Here’s why—he’s better than anyone could ever imagine.
Yes, he’s always loving and kind, and his faithful love never ends.
2-3So, go ahead—let everyone know it!
Tell the world how he broke through
and delivered you from the power of darkness and
has gathered us together from all over the world.
He has set us free to be his very own!
4Some of us once wandered in the wilderness like desert nomads,
with no true direction or dwelling place.
5Starving, thirsting, staggering,
we became desperate and filled with despair.
6Then we cried out, “Lord, help us! Rescue us!” And he did!
7He led us out by the right way
until we reached a suitable city to dwell in.
8So lift your hands and thank God for his marvelous kindness
and for all his miracles of mercy for those he loves.
9How he satisfies the souls of thirsty ones
and fills the hungry with goodness!
10Some of us once sat in darkness,
living in the dark shadows of death.
We were prisoners to our pain, chained to our regrets.
11For we rebelled against God’s Word
and rejected the wise counsel of God Most High.
12So he humbled us through our circumstances,
watching us as we stumbled, with no one there to pick us back up.
Our own pain became our punishment.
13Then we cried out, “Lord, help us! Rescue us!” And he did!
14His light broke through the darkness and
he led us out in freedom from death’s dark shadow
and snapped every one of our chains.
15So lift your hands and give thanks to God for his marvelous kindness
and for his miracles of mercy for those he loves!
16For he smashed through heavy prison doors and
shattered the steel bars that held us back, just to set us free!
17Some of us were such fools, bringing on ourselves
sorrow and suffering all because of our sins.
18Sick and feeble, unable to stand the sight of food,
we drew near to the gates of death.
19Then we cried out, “Lord, help us! Rescue us!” And he did!
20God spoke the words “Be healed,” and we were healed,
delivered from death’s door!
21So lift your hands and give thanks to God for his marvelous kindness
and for his miracles of mercy for those he loves!
22Bring your praise as an offering and your thanks as a sacrifice
as you sing your story of miracles with a joyful song.
23Some of us set sail upon the sea to faraway ports,
transporting our goods from ship to shore.
24We were witnesses of God’s power out in the ocean deep;
we saw breathtaking wonders upon the high seas.
25When God spoke he stirred up a storm,
lifting high the waves with hurricane winds.
26-27Ships were tossed by the swelling sea, rising to the sky,
then dropping down to the depths,
reeling like drunkards, spinning like tops,
everyone at their wits’ end until even sailors despaired of life, cringing in terror.
28Then we cried out, “Lord, help us! Rescue us!” And he did!
29God stilled the storm, calmed the waves,
and he hushed the hurricane winds to only a whisper.
30We were so relieved, so glad as he guided us
safely to harbor in a quiet haven.
31So lift your hands and give thanks to God for his marvelous kindness
and for his miracles of mercy for those he loves!
32Let’s exalt him on high and lift up our praises in public;
let all the people and the leaders of the nation know
how great and wonderful is Yahweh, our God!
33Whenever he chooses he can dry up a river
and turn the land into a desert.
34Or he can take a fruitful land and make it into a saltwater swamp,
all because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
35But he also can turn a barren wilderness into an oasis with water!
He can make springs flow into desert lands
36and turn them into fertile valleys so that cities spring up,
and he gives it all to those who are hungry.
37They can plant their fields and vineyards there
and reap a bumper crop and gather a fruitful harvest.
38God will bless them and cause them to multiply and prosper.
39But others will become poor,
humbled because of their oppression, tyranny, and sorrows.
40For God pours contempt upon their arrogant abuse of power,
heaping scorn upon their princes,
and makes them wander among ruins.
41But he raises up the poor and lowly with his favor,
giving them a safe place to live where no one can touch them.
God will grant them a large family and bless them!
42The lovers of God will rejoice when they see this.
Good men are glad when the evil ones are silenced.
43If you are truly wise, you’ll learn from what I’ve told you.
It’s time for you to consider these profound lessons
of God’s great love and mercy!
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Psalm 107
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance
1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.#1Ch 16:34; Ps 100:5; 106:1
2Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim
that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe#Ps 78:42; 106:10
3and has gathered them from the lands —
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south.#Is 11:12; 43:5; Ezk 20:34
4Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.#Nm 14:33; 32:13
5They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed#107:5 Lit their soul fainted within them.#Ps 77:3
6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he rescued them from their distress.#Ps 106:44
7He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.#Jr 31:9
8Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.#Ps 75:1
9For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.#Ps 22:26; 34:10; Lk 1:53
10Others sat in darkness and gloom#107:10 Or the shadow of death, also in v. 14 —
prisoners in cruel chains#Ps 102:20; Is 42:7; Lk 1:79 —
11because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.#2Ch 36:16; Ps 78:40; 106:7
12He broke their spirits#107:12 Lit hearts with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.#Ex 6:9; Dt 26:6; Is 14:3
13Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.#Ex 2:23–25
14He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.#Jr 2:20
15Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.#Ps 75:1
16For he has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.#Is 45:1–2
17Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.#Jr 30:14–15
18They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.#Jb 33:20
19Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.#Nm 21:7–9
20He sent his word and healed them;
he rescued them from their traps.
21Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.#Ps 75:1
22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and announce his works with shouts of joy.#Ps 9:11; 105:43; 116:17
23Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast water.#Is 42:10
24They saw the Lord’s works,
his wondrous works in the deep.#Is 33:21
25He spoke and raised a stormy wind
that stirred up the waves of the sea.#107:25 Lit of it#Ps 93:3–4; Ezk 26:19
26Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage#107:26 Lit souls melting away in anguish,#Ps 22:14; 119:28
27they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and all their skill was useless.#Jb 12:25; Is 29:9
28Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.#Jnh 1:14; Mk 4:39
29He stilled the storm to a whisper,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.#Ps 89:9; Mt 8:26; Lk 8:24
30They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.#Ex 15:13; Ps 78:72
31Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.#Ps 75:1
32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.#Ps 22:22,25
33He turns rivers into desert,
springs into thirsty ground,#Is 42:15; 50:2
34and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.#Gn 19:24–28; Dt 29:23
35He turns a desert into a pool,
dry land into springs.#Is 35:6–7; 41:18
36He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.#Ps 60:9; 146:7
37They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.#Is 65:21; Am 9:14
38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;#Gn 12:2; Ex 1:7
he does not let their livestock decrease.#Dt 7:14
39When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,#Ps 44:25
40he pours contempt on nobles#Jb 12:21
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.#Jb 12:24
41But he lifts the needy out of their suffering#1Sm 2:8; Ps 113:7–8
and makes their families multiply like flocks.#Jb 21:11
42The upright see it and rejoice,#Jb 22:19; Ps 64:10
and all injustice shuts its mouth.#Jb 5:16
43Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.#Ps 64:9; Hs 14:9
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