Psalms 107
107
BOOK V
(Psalms 107–150)
Psalm 107
1“Give thanks to the LORD because he is good,
because his faithful love lasts forever!”
2That’s what those who are redeemed by the LORD say,
the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,
3the ones God gathered from various countries,
from east and west, north and south.
4Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland.
They couldn’t find their way to a city or town.
5They were hungry and thirsty;
their lives were slipping away.
6So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.
7God led them straight to human habitation.
8Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all people,
9because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst,
and he filled up the hungry with good things!
10Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom;
they were prisoners suffering in chains
11because they had disobeyed God’s instructions
and rejected the Most High’s plans.
12So God humbled them with hard work.
They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.
13So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
14God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom;
he shattered their chains.
15Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all people,
16because God has shattered bronze doors
and split iron bars in two!
17Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways.
They suffered because of their wickedness.
18They had absolutely no appetite for food;
they had arrived at death’s gates.
19So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
20God gave the order and healed them;
he rescued them from their pit.
21Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all people.
22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
and declare what God has done in songs of joy!
23Some of the redeemed had gone out on the ocean in ships,
making their living on the high seas.
24They saw what the LORD had made;
they saw his wondrous works in the depths of the sea.
25God spoke and stirred up a storm
that brought the waves up high.
26The waves went as high as the sky;
they crashed down to the depths.
The sailors’ courage melted at this terrible situation.
27They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk.
None of their skill was of any help.
28So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
and God brought them out safe from their desperate circumstances.
29God quieted the storm to a whisper;
the sea’s waves were hushed.
30So they rejoiced because the waves had calmed down;
then God led them to the harbor they were hoping for.
31Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all people.
32Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people
and praise God in the assembly of the elders.
33God turns rivers into desert,
watery springs into thirsty ground,
34fruitful land into unproductive dirt,
when its inhabitants are wicked.
35But God can also turn the desert into watery pools,
thirsty ground into watery springs,
36where he settles the hungry.
They even build a city and live there!
37They plant fields and vineyards
and obtain a fruitful harvest.
38God blesses them, and they become many.
God won’t even let their cattle diminish.
39But when they do diminish—
when they’re brought down by oppression, trouble, and grief—
40God pours contempt on their leaders,
making them wander aimlessly in the wastelands.
41But God raises the needy from their suffering;
he makes their families as numerous as sheep!
42Those who do right see it and celebrate,
but every wicked person shuts their mouth.
43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things,
carefully considering the LORD’s faithful love.
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Psalms 107
107
God the Savior of Those in Distress
1“Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
his mercy endures forever!”#Ps 100:4–5; 106:1; Jer 33:11.
2Let that be the prayer of the Lord’s redeemed,
those redeemed from the hand of the foe,#Is 63:12.
3Those gathered from foreign lands,
from east and west, from north and south.#Is 43:5–6; 49:12; Zec 8:7.
I
4Some had lost their way in a barren desert;
found no path toward a city to live in.
5They were hungry and thirsty;
their life was ebbing away.#Dt 8:15; 32:10; Is 49:10.
6In their distress they cried to the Lord,
who rescued them in their peril,
7#Is 35:8; 40:3; 43:19.Guided them by a direct path
so they reached a city to live in.#Dt 6:10.
8Let them thank the Lord for his mercy,
such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.
9For he satisfied the thirsty,
filled the hungry with good things.#Lk 1:53.
II
10Some lived in darkness and gloom,
imprisoned in misery and chains.
11Because they rebelled against God’s word,
and scorned the counsel of the Most High,#Is 42:7, 22; Jb 36:8–9; Prv 1:25.
12He humbled their hearts through hardship;
they stumbled with no one to help.#Ps 106:43.
13In their distress they cried to the Lord,
who saved them in their peril;
14He brought them forth from darkness and the shadow of death
and broke their chains asunder.#Is 42:7; 49:9; 51:14.
15Let them thank the Lord for his mercy,
such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.
16For he broke down the gates of bronze
and snapped the bars of iron.
III
17Some fell sick from their wicked ways,
afflicted because of their sins.
18They loathed all manner of food;#Jb 6:6–7; 33:20.
they were at the gates of death.
19In their distress they cried to the Lord,
who saved them in their peril,
20Sent forth his word to heal them,#Ps 147:15; Wis 16:12; Is 55:11; Mt 8:8.
and snatched them from the grave.
21Let them thank the Lord for his mercy,
such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.
22Let them offer a sacrifice in thanks,
recount his works with shouts of joy.
IV
23Some went off to sea in ships,
plied their trade on the deep waters.#Sir 43:25.
24They saw the works of the Lord,
the wonders of God in the deep.
25He commanded and roused a storm wind;
it tossed the waves on high.#Jon 1:4.
26They rose up to the heavens, sank to the depths;
their hearts trembled at the danger.
27They reeled, staggered like drunkards;
their skill was of no avail.#Is 29:9.
28In their distress they cried to the Lord,
who brought them out of their peril;
29He hushed the storm to silence,
the waves of the sea were stilled.#Ps 65:8; 89:10; Mt 8:26 par.
30They rejoiced that the sea grew calm,
that God brought them to the harbor they longed for.
31Let them thank the Lord for his mercy,
such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.
32Let them extol him in the assembly of the people,
and praise him in the council of the elders.
V
33#God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in Gn 18–19, which the Psalm sees as the destruction of the wicked inhabitants of Canaan to prepare the way for Israel (Ps 107:33–34). God then led Israel through the desert to give them a fertile land (Ps 107:35–38) and protected them from every danger (Ps 107:39–41).God changed rivers into desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,#Is 35:7; 42:15; 50:2.
34Fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the wickedness of its people.#Gn 19:23–28; Dt 29:22; Sir 39:23.
35He changed the desert into pools of water,
arid land into springs of water,#Ps 114:8; Is 41:8.
36And settled the hungry there;
they built a city to live in.#Ez 36:35.
37They sowed fields and planted vineyards,
brought in an abundant harvest.#Is 65:21; Jer 31:5.
38#Jb 12:23–25.God blessed them, and they increased greatly,
and their livestock did not decrease.#Dt 7:13–14.
39But he poured out contempt on princes,
made them wander trackless wastes,
40Where they were diminished and brought low
through misery and cruel oppression.
41While he released the poor man from affliction,
and increased their families like flocks.#Ps 113:7.
42The upright saw this and rejoiced;#Ps 58:11; 63:12.
all wickedness shut its mouth.
43Whoever is wise will take note of these things,#Hos 14:10.
and ponder the merciful deeds of the Lord.
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