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Psalm 107

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

⁵For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.
⁶Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
⁷Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
⁸Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
⁹For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
¹⁰And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
¹¹Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
¹²And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
¹³Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

¹⁴But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
¹⁵And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
¹⁶And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
¹⁷But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
¹⁸And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
¹⁹For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
²⁰And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
²¹And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
²²For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
²³But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.