Psalms 107
107
Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)
1Praise the Lord, because he is good!
His faithful love will last forever!
2Everyone the Lord has saved should repeat that word of thanks.
Praise him, all who have been rescued from the enemy.
3He gathered his people together from many different countries.
He brought them from east and west, north and south.#107:3 south Or “the Sea.” This might refer to all the coastal areas around the Mediterranean Sea.
4Some of them wandered in the dry desert.
They were looking for a place to live,
but they could not find a city.
5They were hungry and thirsty
and growing weak.
6Then they called to the Lord for help,
and he saved them from their troubles.
7He led them straight to the city where they would live.
8Thank the Lord for his faithful love
and for the amazing things he does for people.
9He satisfies those who are thirsty.
He fills those who are hungry with good things.
10Some of God’s people were prisoners,
locked behind bars in dark prisons.
11That was because they had fought against what God said.
They refused to listen to the advice of God Most High.
12God made life hard for those people
because of what they did.
They stumbled and fell,
and there was no one to help them.
13They were in trouble, so they called to the Lord for help,
and he saved them from their troubles.
14He took them out of their dark prisons.
He broke the ropes that held them.
15Thank the Lord for his faithful love
and for the amazing things he does for people.
16He breaks down their bronze gates.
He shatters their iron bars.
17Some people became fools and turned against God,
and they suffered for the evil they did.
18They became so sick that they refused to eat,
so they almost died.
19They were in trouble, so they called to the Lord for help,
and he saved them from their troubles.
20He gave the command and healed them,
so they were saved from the grave.
21Thank the Lord for his faithful love
and for the amazing things he does for people.
22Offer sacrifices of thanks to him.
Sing with joy about all that he has done.
23Some sailed the sea in ships.
Their work carried them across the water.
24They saw what the Lord can do.
They saw the amazing things he did at sea.
25He gave the command, and a strong wind began to blow.
The waves became higher and higher.
26The waves lifted them high into the sky
and dropped them into the deep sea.
The storm was so dangerous that the men lost their courage.
27They were stumbling and falling like someone who is drunk.
Their skill as sailors was useless.
28They were in trouble, so they called to the Lord for help,
and he saved them from their troubles.
29He stopped the storm
and calmed the waves.
30The sailors were happy that the sea became calm,
and he led them safely to where they wanted to go.
31Thank the Lord for his faithful love
and for the amazing things he does for people.
32Praise God in the great assembly.
Praise him when the older leaders meet together.
33He changed rivers into a desert.
He stopped springs from flowing.
34He made the fertile land become salty,
because the people living there did such evil things.
35He changed the desert into a land with pools of water.
He caused springs to flow from dry ground.
36He led the hungry to that good land,
and they built a city to live in.
37They planted seeds in their fields and grapes in their vineyards,
and they had a good harvest.
38God blessed them with many children
and plenty of animals.
39But because of disaster and troubles,
their families became small and weak.
40God shames even great leaders
and makes them wander through empty deserts.
41But he rescues the poor from their misery.
He makes their families large like flocks of sheep.
42Good people see this and are happy.
But the wicked see it and don’t know what to say.
43Whoever is wise will remember these things
and begin to understand the Lord’s faithful love.
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Psalm 107
107
Book Five
Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So
1 # See Ps. 105:1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, #See Ps. 100:5for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
2Let #Ps. 106:10 the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has #Isa. 62:12; 63:4redeemed from trouble#107:2 Or from the hand of the foe
3and #Ps. 106:47; Deut. 30:3; Isa. 11:12; 43:5; 56:8; Jer. 29:14; 31:8, 10; Ezek. 20:34, 41; 39:27gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
4Some #ver. 40; [Deut. 32:10] wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way #ver. 36to a city to dwell in;
5hungry and thirsty,
their soul #Ps. 77:3fainted within them.
6Then they #ver. 13, 19, 28; Ps. 106:44cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7He led them by #Ezra 8:21 a straight way
till they reached #[See ver. 4 above]a city to dwell in.
8 # ver. 15, 21, 31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9For he #[Ps. 34:10; 146:7] satisfies the longing soul,
#
Luke 1:53
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
10 #
Luke 1:79; [Isa. 42:7; 49:9; Mic. 7:8] Some sat in darkness and in #ver. 14; Job 10:21 the shadow of death,
prisoners in #[Job 36:8]affliction and in irons,
11for they #Ps. 106:7, 33, 43; See Ps. 78:40 had rebelled against the words of God,
and #Prov. 1:30; 5:12; 15:5; [Deut. 31:20; Luke 7:30]spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, #See Ps. 22:11with none to help.
13 # ver. 6, 19, 28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14He brought them out of #See ver. 10 darkness and the shadow of death,
and #[Ps. 2:3]burst their bonds apart.
15 # ver. 8, 21, 31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16For he #Isa. 45:2shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.
17Some were #Prov. 1:7; 14:9fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 #
Job 33:20 they loathed any kind of food,
and they #Ps. 88:3; Job 33:22 drew near to #See Job 38:17the gates of death.
19 # ver. 6, 13, 28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
20He #Ps. 147:15, 18; [Matt. 8:8] sent out his word and #Ps. 30:2, 3; 2 Kgs. 20:5; Job 33:29, 30 healed them,
and #Ps. 103:4delivered them from their destruction.
21 # ver. 8, 15, 31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22And let them #See Ps. 50:14 offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and #Ps. 9:11; See Ps. 118:17 tell of his deeds in #Ps. 105:43songs of joy!
23Some #Isa. 42:10went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
24they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25For he #Ps. 105:31, 34 commanded and #Ps. 148:8; Jonah 1:4raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage #Ps. 119:28; See Ps. 22:14melted away in their evil plight;
27they reeled and #Isa. 24:20; 29:9; See Job 12:25 staggered like drunken men
and #Isa. 19:3were at their wits’ end.#107:27 Hebrew and all their wisdom was swallowed up
28 # ver. 6, 13, 19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
29He #See Ps. 65:7made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30Then they were glad that the waters#107:30 Hebrew they were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
31 # ver. 8, 15, 21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
32Let them #See Ps. 99:5 extol him in #Ps. 22:22, 25the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33He #Isa. 50:2; [Isa. 42:15]turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
34 # [Gen. 13:10; 14:3; Deut. 29:23]; See Gen. 19:24-28 a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35He #Ps. 114:8; Isa. 41:18; [Isa. 35:6, 7; 43:19, 20] turns a desert into pools of water,
#
Job 38:26, 27 a parched land into springs of water.
36And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish #ver. 4, 7a city to live in;
37they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
38 #
Gen. 12:2; 17:20; Ex. 1:7 By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.
39When they are diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
40 #
Job 12:21 he pours contempt on princes
and #Job 12:24 makes them wander #[Deut. 32:10]in trackless wastes;
41but #Ps. 113:7, 8; 1 Sam. 2:8 he raises up the needy out of affliction
and #Job 21:11makes their families like flocks.
42 # See Job 22:19 The upright see it and are glad,
and #See Ps. 63:11all wickedness shuts its mouth.
43 # [Ps. 64:9; Jer. 9:12; Hos. 14:9] Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
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