Holy Bible - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

107:1	O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;for his steadfast love endures for ever!
107:2	Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has 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 a city to dwell in;
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, till they reached a city to dwell in.
107:8	Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
107:9	For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.
107:10	Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in affliction 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 none to help.
107:13	Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered 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 the sons of men!
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 suffered 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 delivered them from their distress;
107:20	he sent forth 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 the sons of men!
107:22	And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
107:23	Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great 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 evil plight;
107:27	they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end.
107:28	Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them 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 the sons of men!
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 dwell, and they establish a city 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 upon princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
107:41	but he raises up the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like flocks.
107:42	The upright see it and are glad;and all wickedness stops its mouth.
107:43	Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things;let men consider the steadfast love of the LORD.