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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107
Book Five (Psalms 107–150)
1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
2Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out!
Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.
3For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,
from east and west,
from north and south.#107:3 Hebrew and sea.
4Some wandered in the wilderness,
lost and homeless.
5Hungry and thirsty,
they nearly died.
6“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he rescued them from their distress.
7He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.
8Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
9For he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
10Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,
imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
11They rebelled against the words of God,
scorning the counsel of the Most High.
12That is why he broke them with hard labor;
they fell, and no one was there to help them.
13“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
14He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;
he snapped their chains.
15Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
16For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;
he cut apart their bars of iron.
17Some were fools; they rebelled
and suffered for their sins.
18They couldn’t stand the thought of food,
and they were knocking on death’s door.
19“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
20He sent out his word and healed them,
snatching them from the door of death.
21Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
23Some went off to sea in ships,
plying the trade routes of the world.
24They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.
25He spoke, and the winds rose,
stirring up the waves.
26Their ships were tossed to the heavens
and plunged again to the depths;
the sailors cringed in terror.
27They reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.
28“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
29He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.
30What a blessing was that stillness
as he brought them safely into harbor!
31Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
32Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation
and before the leaders of the nation.
33He changes rivers into deserts,
and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.
34He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,
because of the wickedness of those who live there.
35But he also turns deserts into pools of water,
the dry land into springs of water.
36He brings the hungry to settle there
and to build their cities.
37They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,
and harvest their bumper crops.
38How he blesses them!
They raise large families there,
and their herds of livestock increase.
39When they decrease in number and become impoverished
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
40the Lord pours contempt on their princes,
causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.
41But he rescues the poor from trouble
and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
42The godly will see these things and be glad,
while the wicked are struck silent.
43Those who are wise will take all this to heart;
they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.
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