Psalms 107

¹“Give thanks to YHWH, For He is good, for His kindness is for all time”:

²Let the redeemed of YHWH say so, Whom He redeemed from the hand of an adversary.

³And has gathered them from the lands, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.

⁴They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, They have not found a city of habitation.

⁵Hungry—indeed—thirsty, Their soul becomes feeble in them,

⁶And they cry to YHWH in their adversity, He delivers them from their distress,

⁷And causes them to tread in a right way, To go to a city of habitation.

⁸They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

⁹For He has satisfied a longing soul, And has filled a hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

¹¹Because they changed the saying of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High.

¹²And He humbles their heart with labor, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

¹³And they cry to YHWH in their adversity, He saves them from their distresses.

¹⁴He brings them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And He draws away their bands.

¹⁵They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁶For He has broken doors of bronze, And He has cut bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

¹⁸Their soul detests all food, And they come near to the gates of death,

¹⁹And cry to YHWH in their adversity, He saves them from their distresses,

²⁰He sends His word and heals them, And delivers them from their destructions.

²¹They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

²²And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

²³Those going down to the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters,

²⁴They have seen the works of YHWH, And His wonders in the deep.

²⁵And He commands, and appoints a storm, And it lifts up its billows,

²⁶They go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul is melted in evil.

²⁷They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

²⁸And they cry to YHWH in their adversity, And He brings them out from their distresses.

²⁹He calms a whirlwind, And their billows are hushed.

³⁰And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leads them to the haven of their desire.

³¹They confess to YHWH His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

³²And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And praise Him in the seat of the elderly.

³³He makes rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

³⁴A fruitful land becomes a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

³⁵He makes a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.

³⁶And He causes the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation.

³⁷And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase.

³⁸And He blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, And He does not diminish their livestock.

³⁹And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

⁴⁰He is pouring contempt on nobles, And causes them to wander in vacancy—no way.

⁴¹And sets the needy on high from affliction, And places families as a flock.

⁴²The upright see and rejoice, And all perversity has shut her mouth.

⁴³Who is wise, and observes these? They understand the kind acts of YHWH!

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