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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/106.htm" title="Psalm 106">◄</a> Psalm 107 <a href="../psalms/108.htm" title="Psalm 108">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch23107" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">Fifth Book—Psalms 107–150</h1> <h1 id="cn23107" class="cn"><a class="xlef" hlef="#rbk23"><span class="ac">Psalm</span> 107</a><a id="rfn23107000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23107000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 class="cs">God the Savior of Those in Distress</h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23107001" class="ver">1</span>“Give thanks to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> for he is good,</p> <p class="sl1">his mercy endures forever!”<a id="ren23107001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107002" class="ver">2</span>Let that be the prayer of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s redeemed,</p> <p class="sl1">those redeemed from the hand of the foe,<a id="ren23107002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107003" class="ver">3</span>Those gathered from foreign lands,</p> <p class="sl1">from east and west, from north and south.<a id="ren23107003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107003-c">c</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23107004" class="ver">4</span>Some had lost their way in a barren desert;</p> <p class="sl1">found no path toward a city to live in.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107005" class="ver">5</span>They were hungry and thirsty;</p> <p class="sl1">their life was ebbing away.<a id="ren23107005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107005-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107006" class="ver">6</span>In their distress they cried to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who rescued them in their peril,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107007" class="ver">7</span><a id="ren23107007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107007-e">e</a>Guided them by a direct path</p> <p class="sl1">so they reached a city to live in.<a id="ren23107007-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107007-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107008" class="ver">8</span>Let them thank the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> for his mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107009" class="ver">9</span>For he satisfied the thirsty,</p> <p class="sl1">filled the hungry with good things.<a id="ren23107009-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107009-g">g</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23107010" class="ver">10</span>Some lived in darkness and gloom,</p> <p class="sl1">imprisoned in misery and chains.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107011" class="ver">11</span>Because they rebelled against God’s word,</p> <p class="sl1">and scorned the counsel of the Most High,<a id="ren23107011-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107011-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107012" class="ver">12</span>He humbled their hearts through hardship;</p> <p class="sl1">they stumbled with no one to help.<a id="ren23107012-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107012-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107013" class="ver">13</span>In their distress they cried to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who saved them in their peril;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107014" class="ver">14</span>He brought them forth from darkness and the shadow of death</p> <p class="sl1">and broke their chains asunder.<a id="ren23107014-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107014-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107015" class="ver">15</span>Let them thank the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> for his mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107016" class="ver">16</span>For he broke down the gates of bronze</p> <p class="sl1">and snapped the bars of iron.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23107017" class="ver">17</span>Some fell sick from their wicked ways,</p> <p class="sl1">afflicted because of their sins.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107018" class="ver">18</span>They loathed all manner of food;<a id="ren23107018-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107018-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl1">they were at the gates of death.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107019" class="ver">19</span>In their distress they cried to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who saved them in their peril,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107020" class="ver">20</span>Sent forth his word to heal them,<a id="ren23107020-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107020-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl1">and snatched them from the grave.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107021" class="ver">21</span>Let them thank the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> for his mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107022" class="ver">22</span>Let them offer a sacrifice in thanks,</p> <p class="sl1">recount his works with shouts of joy.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23107023" class="ver">23</span>Some went off to sea in ships,</p> <p class="sl1">plied their trade on the deep waters.<a id="ren23107023-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107023-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107024" class="ver">24</span>They saw the works of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">the wonders of God in the deep.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107025" class="ver">25</span>He commanded and roused a storm wind;</p> <p class="sl1">it tossed the waves on high.<a id="ren23107025-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107025-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107026" class="ver">26</span>They rose up to the heavens, sank to the depths;</p> <p class="sl1">their hearts trembled at the danger.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107027" class="ver">27</span>They reeled, staggered like drunkards;</p> <p class="sl1">their skill was of no avail.<a id="ren23107027-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107027-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107028" class="ver">28</span>In their distress they cried to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who brought them out of their peril;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107029" class="ver">29</span>He hushed the storm to silence,</p> <p class="sl1">the waves of the sea were stilled.<a id="ren23107029-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107029-p">p</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107030" class="ver">30</span>They rejoiced that the sea grew calm,</p> <p class="sl1">that God brought them to the harbor they longed for.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107031" class="ver">31</span>Let them thank the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> for his mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">such wondrous deeds for the children of Adam.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107032" class="ver">32</span>Let them extol him in the assembly of the people,</p> <p class="sl1">and praise him in the council of the elders.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">V</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23107033" class="ver">33</span><a id="rfn23107033-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23107033-1">*</a>God changed rivers into desert,</p> <p class="sl1">springs of water into thirsty ground,<a id="ren23107033-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107033-q">q</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107034" class="ver">34</span>Fruitful land into a salty waste,</p> <p class="sl1">because of the wickedness of its people.<a id="ren23107034-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107034-r">r</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107035" class="ver">35</span>He changed the desert into pools of water,</p> <p class="sl1">arid land into springs of water,<a id="ren23107035-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107035-s">s</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107036" class="ver">36</span>And settled the hungry there;</p> <p class="sl1">they built a city to live in.<a id="ren23107036-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107036-t">t</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107037" class="ver">37</span>They sowed fields and planted vineyards,</p> <p class="sl1">brought in an abundant harvest.<a id="ren23107037-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107037-u">u</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107038" class="ver">38</span><a id="ren23107038-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107038-v">v</a>God blessed them, and they increased greatly,</p> <p class="sl1">and their livestock did not decrease.<a id="ren23107038-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107038-w">w</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107039" class="ver">39</span>But he poured out contempt on princes,</p> <p class="sl1">made them wander trackless wastes,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107040" class="ver">40</span>Where they were diminished and brought low</p> <p class="sl1">through misery and cruel oppression.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107041" class="ver">41</span>While he released the poor man from affliction,</p> <p class="sl1">and increased their families like flocks.<a id="ren23107041-x" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107041-x">x</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107042" class="ver">42</span>The upright saw this and rejoiced;<a id="ren23107042-y" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23107042-y">y</a></p> <p class="sl1">all wickedness shut its mouth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23107043" class="ver">43</span>Whoever is 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