Chapter
107
Give thanks to Yahweh, for she is good, for her loving kindness endures forever.
Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom she has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and she delivered them out of their distresses,
she led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
Let them praise Yahweh for her loving kindness, for her wonderful works to the children of women!
For she satisfies the longing soul. She fills the hungry soul with good.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
Therefore she brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and she saved them out of their distresses.
She brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.
Let them praise Yahweh for her loving kindness, for her wonderful works to the children of women!
For she has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, she saves them out of their distresses.
She sends her word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
Let them praise Yahweh for her loving kindness, for her wonderful works to the children of women!
Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare her works with singing.
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;
These see Yahweh's works, and her wonders in the deep.
For she commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken woman, and are at their wits' end.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and she brings them out of their distress.
She makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
Then they are glad because it is calm, so she brings them to their desired haven.
Let them praise Yahweh for her loving kindness, for her wonderful works for the children of women!
Let them exalt her also in the assembly of the people, and praise her in the seat of the elders.
She turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
She turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
There she makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
She blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. She doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
She pours contempt on princesses, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
Yet she lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.