107 Praise the LORD, because He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

² Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD show how He has delivered them from the hand of the oppressor—

³ and gathered them out of the lands—from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

⁴ They wandered in the desert wilderness, out of the way, and found no city to dwell in.

⁵ Both hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble. He delivered them from their distress

⁷ and led them forth by the right way, so that they might go to a city of habitation.

⁸ Let them confess, before the LORD, His lovingkindness and His wonderful works before the sons of men.

⁹ For He satisfied the thirsty soul and filled the hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰ Those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death (being bound in misery and iron

¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of the LORD and despised the counsel of the Most High

¹² when He humbled their heart with heaviness), they fell down; and there was no helper.

¹³ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble. He delivered them from their distress.

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.

¹⁵ Let them confess, before the LORD, His lovingkindness, and his wonderful works, before the sons of men.

¹⁶ For He has broken the gates of brass and burst the bars of iron apart.

¹⁷ Fools, by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

¹⁸ Their soul abhors all food, and they are brought to death’s door.

¹⁹ Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble. He delivers them from their distress.

²⁰ He sends His Word and heals them and delivers them from their graves.

²¹ Let them confess, before the LORD, His lovingkindness, and His wonderful works before the sons of men.

²² And let them offer sacrifices of praise and declare His works with rejoicing.

²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, occupying by the great waters,

²⁴ they see the works of the LORD, and His wonders, in the deep.

²⁵ For He commands and raises the stormy wind; and it lifts up the waves thereof.

²⁶ They mount up to the heaven, descend to the deep, so that their soul melts for trouble.

²⁷ They are tossed to and fro and stagger like a drunken man. And all their cunning is gone.

²⁸ Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distress.

²⁹ He turns the storm to calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

³⁰ When they are quieted, they are glad; and He brings them to the haven where they wish to be.

³¹ Let them confess, before the LORD, His lovingkindness, and His wonderful works before the sons of men.

³² And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the assembly of the elders.

³³ He turns the floods to a wilderness, the springs of waters into dryness,

³⁴ a fruitful land into barrenness, because of the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

³⁵ He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and the dry land into water springs.

³⁶ And there He places the hungry; and they build a city in which to dwell,

³⁷ and sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which bring forth fruitful increase.

³⁸ For He blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly; and He does not diminish their cattle.

³⁹ Again, they are diminished and brought low by oppression, evil and sorrow.

⁴⁰ He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to err in desert places, out of the way.

⁴¹ Yet he raises up the poor out of misery and makes families, like a flock of sheep.

⁴² The righteous shall see it and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

⁴³ Who is wise? Let him observe these things and understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.