The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Psalms 107
1 Give thanks to Yahweh,† for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so,
whom he has redeemedfromthehand
of the adversary,
3 and gathered out of the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a
desert way. They found no city to live in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 He led them also by a straight way,
that they might go to a city to live in.
8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving
kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul.
He fills the hungry soul with good.
10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow
of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
11 because they rebelled against the
words of God,‡ and condemned the counsel of the
Most High.
12 Therefore he brought down their heart
with labor. They fell down, and there was no one
to help.
13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He broughtthem out of darkness and the
shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving
kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
16 For he has broken the gates of bronze,
and cut through bars of iron.
17 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience,
and because of their iniquities.
18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food.
They draw near to the gates of death.
19 Thenthey cry to Yahweh intheir trouble,
and he saves them out of their distresses.
20 He sends his word, and heals them,
and delivers them from their graves.
21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving
kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare his deeds with singing.
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
who do business in great waters,
24 these see Yahweh’s deeds,
and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commands, and raises the stormy
wind, which lifts up its waves.
26 They mount up to the sky; they go down
again to the depths. Their soul melts away because oftrouble.
27 They reel back and forth, and stagger
like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cry to Yahweh intheir trouble,
and he brings them out of their distress.
29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
30 Then they are glad because it is calm,
so he brings them to their desired
haven.
31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving
kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly
of the people, and praise him in the seat ofthe elders.
33 He turns rivers into a desert,
water springs into a thirsty ground,
34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste,
for the wickedness of those who dwell
in it.
35 He turns a desert into a pool of water,
and a dry land into water springs.
36 There he makes the hungry live,
that they may prepare a city to live in,
37 sow fields, plant vineyards,
and reap the fruits of increase.
38 He blesses them also, so that they are
multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their
live stock to decrease.
39 Again, they are diminished and bowed
down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40 He pours contempt on princes,
and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction,
and increases their families like a
flock.
42 The upright will see it, and be glad.
All the wicked will shut their mouths.
43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to
these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.