Psalms 107:4-32

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.  They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed  within them.  Then they cried out to the  Lord in their trouble; he rescued them from their distress.  He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.  Let them give thanks to the  Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.  For he has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.  Others sat in darkness and gloom   — prisoners in cruel chains   — because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the counsel of the Most High.  He broke their spirits  with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.  Then they cried out to the  Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.  He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart.  Let them give thanks to the  Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.  For he has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.  Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.  They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.  Then they cried out to the  Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.  He sent his word and healed them; he rescued them from their traps. Let them give thanks to the  Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.  Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.  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.