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Psalm 107 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Book Five

Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1 - Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2 - Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4 - Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell in;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:7 - He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 - For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:20 - He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:22 - And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24 - they saw the deeds of the LORD,
his wondrous works in the deep.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:25 - For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits’ end.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29 - He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:30 - Then they were glad that the waters[fn] were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:32 - Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 - He turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:34 - a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:35 - He turns a desert into pools of water,
a parched land into springs of water.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:37 - they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:38 - By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - When they are diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - he pours contempt on princes
and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 - but he raises up the needy out of affliction
and makes their families like flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:42 - The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43 - Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
ESV Footnotes
Or from the hand of the foe
Hebrew and all their wisdom was swallowed up
Hebrew they
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