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