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107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, 107:3 And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city. 107:5 [They were] hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. 107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. 107:7 He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. 107:8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! 107:9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good. 107:10 There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains, 107:11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God, And spurned the counsel of the Most High. 107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. 107:13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bands apart. 107:15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! 107:16 For He has shattered gates of bronze, And cut bars of iron asunder. 107:17 Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. 107:18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food; And they drew near to the gates of death. 107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. 107:20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered [them] from their destructions. 107:21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! 107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing. 107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters; 107:24 They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep. 107:25 For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea. 107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in [their] misery. 107:27 They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end. 107:28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. 107:29 He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed. 107:30 Then they were glad because they were quiet; So He guided them to their desired haven. 107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! 107:32 Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. 107:33 He changes rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground; 107:34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. 107:35 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water; 107:36 And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city, 107:37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest. 107:38 Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease. 107:39 When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, misery, and sorrow, 107:40 He pours contempt upon princes, And makes them wander in a pathless waste. 107:41 But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes [his] families like a flock. 107:42 The upright see it, and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. 107:43 Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things; And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.