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.
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.