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107:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those he redeemed from trouble 107:3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 107:4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town; 107:5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. 107:6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress; 107:7 he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town. 107:8 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 107:9 For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things. 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons, 107:11 for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. 107:12 Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with no one to help. 107:13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; 107:14 he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder. 107:15 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 107:16 For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron. 107:17 Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities endured affliction; 107:18 they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. 107:19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; 107:20 he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction. 107:21 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 107:22 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and tell of his deeds with songs of joy. 107:23 Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the mighty waters; 107:24 they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep. 107:25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. 107:26 They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their calamity; 107:27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards, and were at their wits' end. 107:28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out from their distress; 107:29 he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. 107:30 Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven. 107:31 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind. 107:32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 107:33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, 107:34 a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. 107:35 He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. 107:36 And there he lets the hungry live, and they establish a town to live in; 107:37 they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield. 107:38 By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle decrease. 107:39 When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, 107:40 he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; 107:41 but he raises up the needy out of distress, and makes their families like flocks. 107:42 The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth. 107:43 Let those who are wise give heed to these things, and consider the steadfast love of the LORD.