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107 : 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
107 : 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
107 : 3 those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
107 : 4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
107 : 5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
107 : 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
107 : 7 He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
107 : 8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
107 : 9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
107 : 10 Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
107 : 11 for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
107 : 12 So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
107 : 13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
107 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
107 : 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
107 : 16 for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
107 : 17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
107 : 18 They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
107 : 19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
107 : 20 He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
107 : 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
107 : 22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
107 : 23 Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
107 : 24 They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
107 : 25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
107 : 26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
107 : 27 They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits` end.
107 : 28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
107 : 29 He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
107 : 30 They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
107 : 31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
107 : 32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
107 : 33 He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
107 : 34 and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
107 : 35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
107 : 36 there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
107 : 37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
107 : 38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
107 : 39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
107 : 40 he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
107 : 41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
107 : 42 The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
107 : 43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.