Psalm 107:1-22

New American Standard Bible

BOOK 5

The Lord Rescues People from Many Troubles.

107 ^(A)Give thanks to the Lord, for ^(B)He is good,
For His mercy is everlasting.
²^(C)The redeemed of the Lord shall say so,
Those whom He has ^(D)redeemed from the hand of the enemy
³And ^(E)gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the ^[a]south.

⁴They ^(F)wandered in the wilderness in a ^[b]desert region;
They did not find a way to ^[c]an inhabited ^(G)city.
⁵They were hungry ^[d]and thirsty;
Their ^(H)souls felt weak within them.
⁶Then they ^(I)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
⁷He also had them walk on a ^[e]^(J)straight way,
To go to ^[f]^(K)an inhabited city.
⁸^(L)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[g]wonders to the sons of mankind!
⁹For He has ^(M)satisfied the ^[h]thirsty soul,
And He has filled the ^(N)hungry soul with what is good.

¹⁰There were those who ^(O)lived in darkness and in ^[i]the shadow of death,
^(P)Prisoners in misery and ^[j]chains,
¹¹Because they had ^(Q)rebelled against the words of God
And ^(R)rejected the ^(S)plan of the Most High.
¹²Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was ^(T)no one to help.
¹³Then they ^(U)cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
¹⁴He ^(V)brought them out of darkness and ^[k]the shadow of death
And ^(W)broke their bands apart.
¹⁵^(X)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[l]wonders to the sons of mankind!
¹⁶For He has ^(Y)shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools, because of ^[m]their rebellious way,
And ^(Z)because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
¹⁸Their ^(AA)souls loathed all kinds of food,
And they ^(AB)came close to the ^(AC)gates of death.
¹⁹Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
²⁰He ^(AD)sent His word and ^(AE)healed them,
And ^(AF)saved them from their ^[n]destruction.
²¹^(AG)They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^[o]wonders to the sons of mankind!
²²They shall also offer ^(AH)sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And ^(AI)tell of His works with joyful singing.