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Psalms 107

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Psalm 107
God takes care of his people #107:1 The writer thanks God because he takes care of his people. He remembers how God has helped his people when they pray to him because they are in different kinds of trouble. Verse 6 and verse 8 come again, 3 more times, in this psalm. That helps us to know what the writer wants us to remember: If we have trouble, we should ask God for help. After he has helped us, we should remember to thank him.
1Thank the Lord because he is good.
His faithful love for his people continues for ever.
2Everyone that the Lord has rescued
should tell others.
Tell them how he has rescued you
from the enemy's power.
3He brought his people from foreign countries.
He brought them together from the east and the west,
from the north, and from the south. #107:3 ‘from the south’ or ‘from the sea’.
4Some of them travelled through the wilderness
on a road that went nowhere.
They did not find any city to live in.
5They were hungry and thirsty.
They were very weak and nearly dead.
6Because of their trouble,
they called to the Lord for help.
He rescued them from their troubles.
7He led them along a straight road,
to arrive at a city where they could live.
8So God's people should thank the Lord
because of his faithful love.
They should thank him for the great things
that he does for people.
9He gives drink to people who are thirsty.
He gives plenty of good things to hungry people.
10Some people sat in a completely dark place.
Iron chains held them as prisoners,
and they were very sad.
11They had refused to obey God's commands.
They did not accept the teaching of the Most High God.
12Because of that, God caused them to become weak
from very hard work.
When they fell down,
nobody would help them to stand up.
13Because of their trouble,
they called to the Lord for help.
He rescued them from their troubles.
14He took them out of the completely dark place.
He broke away the chains that held them.
15So they should thank the Lord
because of his faithful love.
They should thank him for the great things
that he does for people.
16He broke bronze gates into pieces
and he cut through iron bars. #107:16 The metal gates were the gates of the prison. The bars were also pieces of metal. They covered the windows and they stopped people getting away. See Isaiah 45:2.
17Some people became fools
and they turned against God.
They had trouble and pain
because of their sins.
18They did not want to eat any food,
so they nearly died.
19Because of their trouble,
they called to the Lord for help.
He rescued them from their troubles.
20He sent his word to them
and he made them well again.
He rescued them from the deep hole of death.
21So they should thank the Lord
because of his faithful love.
They should thank him for the great things
that he does for people.
22They should offer sacrifices to thank God.
They should sing aloud
to tell about what he has done.
23Some people were traders
who travelled far across the sea in ships.
24They saw the great things that the Lord did,
even in the middle of the deep seas.
25He would command a storm to come,
so that the wind caused big waves to rise up.
26The waves threw the ships up high in the air,
then dropped them deep down.
The danger made the sailors afraid,
and they thought that they would die.
27Like drunk people, they could not stand or walk properly.
They did not know what to do!
28Because of their trouble,
they called to the Lord for help.
He rescued them from their troubles.
29He caused the storm to stop,
so that the waves became quiet.
30The sailors were happy when it became quiet.
God led them safely to the port,
where they wanted to go.
31So they should thank the Lord
because of his faithful love.
They should thank him for the great things
that he does for people.
32They should praise the Lord
when they meet together.
They should praise him
at the meeting of their leaders.
33-34In places where people are wicked,
God makes the streams and rivers become dry,
so that the land becomes a desert.
He makes good land
become a salty wilderness.
35But for his people, he changes deserts
to become pools of water.
He makes springs of water in dry land.
36He lets hungry people live there safely.
They can build a city for themselves.
37They plant crops in their fields,
and they plant vines to grow grapes.
They have plenty of food to eat.
38He blesses them,
so that they have many children.
Their animals also grow in number.
39But they may become weak and few in number,
because of cruel enemies who give them trouble.
40Then God causes the enemy's leaders to become ashamed.
He makes them travel on roads that go nowhere.
41But for people who are poor and weak,
he rescues them from their trouble.
He gives them many children,
so that they have big families.
42Good people see what God has done,
and it makes them happy.
Wicked people have nothing to say!
43 Wise people should think about these things.
They should understand the Lord's faithful love for his people.

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