King James VersionPsalms107

Psalms

1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mer­cy endureth for ev­er.
2 Let the re­deemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath re­deemed from the hand of the en­e­my;
3 And gath­ered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wan­dered in the wilder­ness in a soli­tary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hun­gry and thirsty, their soul faint­ed in them.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trou­ble, and he de­liv­ered them out of their dis­tress­es.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habi­ta­tion.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his good­ness, and for his won­der­ful works to the chil­dren of men!
9 For he sat­is­fi­eth the long­ing soul, and fil­leth the hun­gry soul with good­ness.
10 Such as sit in dark­ness and in the shad­ow of death, being bound in af­flic­tion and iron;
11 Be­cause they re­belled against the words of God, and con­temned the coun­sel of the most High:
12 There­fore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trou­ble, and he saved them out of their dis­tress­es.
14 He brought them out of dark­ness and the shad­ow of death, and brake their bands in sun­der.
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his good­ness, and for his won­der­ful works to the chil­dren of men!
16 For he hath bro­ken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sun­der.
17 Fools be­cause of their trans­gres­sion, and be­cause of their in­iq­ui­ties, are af­flict­ed.
18 Their soul ab­hor­reth all man­ner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trou­ble, and he saveth them out of their dis­tress­es.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and de­liv­ered them from their de­struc­tions.
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his good­ness, and for his won­der­ful works to the chil­dren of men!
22 And let them sac­ri­fice the sac­ri­fices of thanks­giv­ing, and de­clare his works with re­joic­ing.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do busi­ness in great wa­ters;
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his won­ders in the deep.
25 For he com­man­deth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves there­of.
26 They mount up to the heav­en, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melt­ed be­cause of trou­ble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stag­ger like a drunk­en man, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trou­ble, and he bringeth them out of their dis­tress­es.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves there­of are still.
30 Then are they glad be­cause they be qui­et; so he bringeth them unto their de­sired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his good­ness, and for his won­der­ful works to the chil­dren of men!
32 Let them ex­alt him also in the con­gre­ga­tion of the peo­ple, and praise him in the as­sem­bly of the el­ders.
33 He tur­neth rivers into a wilder­ness, and the wa­ter­springs into dry ground;
34 A fruit­ful land into bar­ren­ness, for the wicked­ness of them that dwell there­in.
35 He tur­neth the wilder­ness into a stand­ing wa­ter, and dry ground into wa­ter­springs.
36 And there he maketh the hun­gry to dwell, that they may pre­pare a city for habi­ta­tion;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vine­yards, which may yield fruits of in­crease.
38 He bles­seth them al­so, so that they are mul­ti­plied great­ly; and suf­fer­eth not their cat­tle to de­crease.
39 Again, they are min­ished and brought low through op­pres­sion, af­flic­tion, and sor­row.
40 He poureth con­tempt upon princes, and causeth them to wan­der in the wilder­ness, where there is no way.
41 Yet set­teth he the poor on high from af­flic­tion, and maketh him fam­i­lies like a flock.
42 The righ­teous shall see it, and re­joice: and all in­iq­ui­ty shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will ob­serve these things, even they shall un­der­stand the lov­ingkind­ness of the LORD.