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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BOOK 5
Psalm 107
The Lord Rescues People from Many Troubles.
1Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His mercy is everlasting.
2The redeemed of the Lord shall say so,
Those whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
3And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the #107:3 Lit seasouth.
4¶They wandered in the wilderness in a #107:4 Lit wastedesert region;
They did not find a way to #107:4 Or a habitable city; lit a city of habitationan inhabited city.
5 They were hungry #107:5 Lit alsoand thirsty;
Their souls felt weak within them.
6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
7He also had them walk on a #107:7 Or levelstraight way,
To go to #107:7 Or a habitable city; lit a city of habitationan inhabited city.
8They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His #107:8 I.e., wonderful actswonders to the sons of mankind!
9For He has satisfied the #107:9 Or parchedthirsty soul,
And He has filled the hungry soul with what is good.
10¶There were those who lived in darkness and in #107:10 Or deep gloomthe shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and #107:10 Lit ironschains,
11Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And rejected the plan of the Most High.
12Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was no one to help.
13Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
14He brought them out of darkness and #107:14 Or deep darknessthe shadow of death
And broke their bands apart.
15They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His #107:15 I.e., wonderful actswonders to the sons of mankind!
16For He has shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.
17¶Fools, because of #107:17 Lit the way of their offensetheir rebellious way,
And because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
18Their souls loathed all kinds of food,
And they came close to the gates of death.
19Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
20He sent His word and healed them,
And saved them from their #107:20 Lit pitsdestruction.
21They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His #107:21 I.e., wonderful actswonders to the sons of mankind!
22They shall also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And tell of His works with joyful singing.
23¶Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
24They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His #107:24 I.e., wonderful actswonders in the deep.
25For He spoke and raised a stormy wind,
Which lifted the waves #107:25 Lit of itof the sea.
26They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul melted away in their misery.
27They reeled and staggered like a drunken person,
And #107:27 Lit all their wisdom was swallowed upwere at their wits’ end.
28Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
29He caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves #107:29 Lit of itof the sea were hushed.
30Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired harbor.
31They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His #107:31 I.e., wonderful actswonders to the sons of mankind!
32They shall also exalt Him in the congregation of the people,
And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
33¶He turns rivers into a #107:33 Or desertwilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
34 And a fruitful land into a salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35He turns a #107:35 Or desertwilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into springs of water;
36And He has the hungry live there,
So that they may establish #107:36 Or a habitable city; lit a city of habitationan inhabited city,
37And sow fields and plant vineyards,
And #107:37 Lit acquire fruits of yieldgather a fruitful harvest.
38He also blesses them and they multiply greatly,
And He does not let their cattle decrease.
39¶When they become few and lowly
Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,
40He pours contempt upon noblemen
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
41But He sets the needy #107:41 Lit in an inaccessibly high placesecurely on high, away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.
42The upright see it and are glad;
But all injustice shuts its mouth.
43Who is wise? He is to pay attention to these things,
And consider the mercy of the Lord.
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