Psalms 107:1-28 ▼

1 Give thanks to YHWH, for He is good, for His loving devotion is forever!

2 Let the redeemed of YHWH say, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

3 and from the lands He has gathered them—from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

4 They wandered in the wilderness, by the way in a desert; a city for of dwelling they did not find.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul in them grew faint.

6 And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them; from their straits He delivered them.

7 And He made them tread on a straight path, to walk toward a city of dwelling.

8 Let them give thanks to YHWH for His loving devotion, and His wonders to the sons of man!

9 For He satisfies the rushing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with goodness.

10 They are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and irons,

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

12 and He humbled with labor their heart; they fell down, and no one was helping.

13 And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them, and from their straits He saved them.

14 He brought them forth from darkness and the shadow of death, and their bonds He broke away.

15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion, and His wonders to the sons of man!

16 For He has broken down doors of bronze, and He has cut through bars of iron!

17 Fools from the path of their transgression, and by their iniquities they were afflicted.

18 All food their soul abhorred, and they drew near to the gates of death.

19 And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them, and from their straits He saved them.

20 He sent His word and healed them, and He rescued them from the Pit.

21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion, and His wonders to the sons of man!

22 And let them sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount His works with rejoicing!

23 Those going down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters,

24 they have seen the works of YHWH, and His wonders in the deep.

25 And He spoke and stationed the wind, a tempest, and it lifted high the waves;

26 they went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; their soul melted in evil.

27 They reel and stagger like the drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

28 And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them, and from their straits He brought them out.