1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His gracious love exists forever. ISV — Psalm 107:1
2 Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it— those whom he redeemed from the power a107:2 Lit. hand of the enemy, ISV — Psalm 107:2
3 those whom he gathered from other lands— from the east, west, north, and south. b107:3 Lit. and the sea; i.e. the Reed Sea ISV — Psalm 107:3
4 They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live. ISV — Psalm 107:4
5 Hungry and thirsty, their spirits c107:5 Lit. soul failed. ISV — Psalm 107:5
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. ISV — Psalm 107:6
7 He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live. ISV — Psalm 107:7
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind. ISV — Psalm 107:8
9 He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good. ISV — Psalm 107:9
10 Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron, ISV — Psalm 107:10
11 because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High. ISV — Psalm 107:11
12 He humbled them d107:12 Lit. humbled their hearts through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper. ISV — Psalm 107:12
13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he delivered them from their distress. ISV — Psalm 107:13
14 And he e107:14 So LXX DSS 4QPs; MT reads He brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death, f107:14 So LXX; MT reads and gloom shattering their chains. ISV — Psalm 107:14
15 Let them give g107:15 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPs reads Give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds to mankind. ISV — Psalm 107:15
16 For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars. ISV — Psalm 107:16
17 Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities. ISV — Psalm 107:17
18 They h107:18 Lit. their souls loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death. ISV — Psalm 107:18
19 Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from certain destruction. ISV — Psalm 107:19
20 He issued his command i107:20 Lit. word and healed them; he delivered them from their destruction. ISV — Psalm 107:20
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds for mankind. ISV — Psalm 107:21
22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy. ISV — Psalm 107:22
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters, ISV — Psalm 107:23
24 witnessed the works of the LORD— his awesome deeds in the ocean’s depth. ISV — Psalm 107:24
25 He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge. ISV — Psalm 107:25
26 The people j107:26 Lit. They ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage k107:26 Lit. souls melting away in their peril. ISV — Psalm 107:26
27 They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless. ISV — Psalm 107:27
28 Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, the LORD brought them out of their distress. ISV — Psalm 107:28
29 He calmed the storm and its waves l107:29 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPs reads and the waves of the sea; cf. Psa 107:25 quieted down. ISV — Psalm 107:29
30 So they rejoiced that the waves m107:30 Lit. they became quiet, and he led them to their desired haven. ISV — Psalm 107:30
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind. ISV — Psalm 107:31
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the counsel of the elders. ISV — Psalm 107:32
33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground, ISV — Psalm 107:33
34 and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants. ISV — Psalm 107:34
35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. ISV — Psalm 107:35
36 There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in. ISV — Psalm 107:36
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a productive harvest. ISV — Psalm 107:37
38 Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle. n107:38 Or he didn’t let their cattle become few ISV — Psalm 107:38
39 But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow. ISV — Psalm 107:39
40 Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way. ISV — Psalm 107:40
41 Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock. ISV — Psalm 107:41
42 The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut. ISV — Psalm 107:42
43 Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD. ISV — Psalm 107:43