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 FIVE: Psalms 107—150
Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance
1Oh, #1 Chr. 16:34; Ps. 106:1; Jer. 33:11give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3And #Is. 43:5, 6; Jer. 29:14; 31:8–10; (Ezek. 39:27, 28)gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
4They wandered in #Num. 14:33; 32:13; (Deut. 2:7; 32:10); Josh. 5:6; 14:10the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6#Ps. 50:15; (Hos. 5:15)Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.
7And He led them forth by the #Ezra 8:21; Ps. 5:8; Jer. 31:9right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8#Ps. 107:15, 21Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9For #(Ps. 34:10; Luke 1:53)He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.
10Those who #(Is. 42:7; Mic. 7:8; Luke 1:79)sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
#Job 36:8Bound in affliction and irons—
11Because they #Lam. 3:42rebelled against the words of God,
And despised #(Ps. 73:24)the counsel of the Most High,
12Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was #Ps. 22:11none to help.
13Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14#Ps. 68:6He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16For He has #Is. 45:1, 2broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.
17Fools, #(Is. 65:6, 7; Jer. 30:14, 15); Lam. 3:39; Ezek. 24:23because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18#Job 33:20Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they #Job 33:22drew near to the gates of death.
19Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20#Matt. 8:8He sent His word and #2 Kin. 20:5; Ps. 30:2healed them,
And #Job 33:28, 30delivered them from their destructions.
21Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22#Lev. 7:12; Ps. 50:14; Heb. 13:15Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And #Ps. 9:11declare His works with rejoicing.
23Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters,
24They see the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.
25For He commands and #Jon. 1:4raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
#Ps. 22:14Their soul melts because of trouble.
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits’ end.
28Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29#Ps. 89:9; Matt. 8:26; Luke 8:24He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
30Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.
31#Ps. 107:8, 15, 21Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32Let them exalt Him also #Ps. 22:22, 25in the assembly of the people,
And praise Him in the company of the elders.
33He #1 Kin. 17:1, 7; Is. 50:2turns rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;
34A #Gen. 13:10; Deut. 29:23fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35#Ps. 114:8; (Is. 41:17, 18)He turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.
36There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38#Gen. 12:2; 17:16, 20He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle #Ex. 1:7; (Deut. 7:14)decrease.
39When they are #2 Kin. 10:32diminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
40#Job 12:21, 24He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41#1 Sam. 2:8; (Ps. 113:7, 8)Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And #Ps. 78:52makes their families like a flock.
42#Job 5:15, 16The righteous see it and rejoice,
And all #Job 5:16; Ps. 63:11; (Rom. 3:19)iniquity stops its mouth.
43#Ps. 64:9; Jer. 9:12; (Hos. 14:9)Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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