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