PS-107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. PS-107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; PS-107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. PS-107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. PS-107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. PS-107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses. PS-107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. PS-107:8 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! PS-107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. PS-107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron; PS-107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: PS-107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help. PS-107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses. PS-107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. PS-107:15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! PS-107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. PS-107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. PS-107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. PS-107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses. PS-107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions. PS-107:21 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! PS-107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. PS-107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; PS-107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. PS-107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. PS-107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. PS-107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. PS-107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. PS-107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. PS-107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. PS-107:31 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! PS-107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. PS-107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; PS-107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. PS-107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. PS-107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; PS-107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. PS-107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. PS-107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. PS-107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way. PS-107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock. PS-107:42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. PS-107:43 Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. ~~~~~~