Psalms 107:23-43

Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast water.  They saw the  LORD’s works, his wondrous works in the deep.  He spoke and raised a stormy wind that stirred up the waves of the sea.  , Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage  melting away in anguish,  they reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and all their skill was useless.  Then they cried out to the  LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.  He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.  They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.  Let them give thanks to the  LORD for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.  Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.  He turns rivers into desert, springs into thirsty ground,  and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.  He turns a desert into a pool, dry land into springs.  He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live.  They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.  He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;  he does not let their livestock decrease.  When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow,  he pours contempt on nobles  and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.  But he lifts the needy out of their suffering  and makes their families multiply like flocks.  The upright see it and rejoice,  and all injustice shuts its mouth.  Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the  LORD’s acts of faithful love.