Psalm 107
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
: for his loving mercy is for ever.
Let the Lord’s redeemed say so
: whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
And gathered in from every land,
from the east and from the west
: from the north and from the south.
Some went astray in the wilderness and in the desert
: and found no path to an inhabited city;
They were hungry and thirsty
: and their heart fainted within them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their distress
: and he took them out of their trouble.
He led them by the right path
: till they came to an inhabited city.
Let them thank the Lord for his goodness
: and for the wonders that he does for the children of men;
For he satisfies the thirsty
: and fills the hungry with good things.
Some sat in darkness and in deadly shadow
: bound fast in affliction and iron,
Because they had rebelled against the words of God
: and scorned the purposes of the Most High.
So he bowed down their hearts with affliction
: they tripped headlong, with none to help them.
Then they cried to the Lord in their distress
: and he took them out of their trouble.
He brought them out from darkness and deadly shadow
: and broke their chains in two.
Let them thank the Lord for his goodness
: and for the wonders that he does for the children of men;
For he shatters the doors of bronze
: and cleaves the bars of iron.
Fools were far gone in transgression
: and because of their sins were afflicted.
They sickened at any food
: and had come to the gates of death.
Then they cried to the Lord in their distress
: and he took them out of their trouble.
He sent his word and healed them
: and saved their life from the Pit.
Let them thank the Lord for his goodness
: and for the wonders that he does for the children of men;
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
: and tell what he has done with shouts of joy.
Those who go down to the sea in ships
: and follow their trade on great waters,
These men have seen the works of God
: and his wonders in the deep.
For he spoke, and raised the storm-wind
: and it lifted high the waves of the sea.
They go up to the sky, and down again to the depths
: their courage melts away in the face of disaster.
They reel and stagger like drunken men
: and are at their wits’ end.
Then they cried to the Lord in their distress
: and he took them out of their trouble.
He calmed the storm to a silence
: and the waves of the sea were stilled.
Then they were glad because they were quiet
: and he brought them to the haven they longed for.
Let them thank the Lord for his goodness
: and for the wonders that he does for the children of men;
Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
: and praise him in the council of elders.
He turns the rivers into desert
: and springs of water into thirsty ground.
He makes of a fruitful land a salty waste
: because its inhabitants are evil.
He turns the wilderness into a pool of water
: and parched ground into flowing springs.
And there he settles the hungry
: and they build a city to live in.
They sow fields and plant vineyards
: which give them fruitful harvest.
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly
: he does not let their cattle diminish.
But he pours contempt upon princes
: and makes them stray in the pathless desert;
They are weakened and brought low
: through stress of adversity and sorrow.
But he lifts the poor out of misery
: and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
The upright shall see it and rejoice
: and all wickedness shall shut its mouth.
Whoever is wise, let him observe these things
: and consider the loving-kindness of the Lord.