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name="4"></a><a href="/psalms/107-3.htm">3</a>and has gathered them from the lands —from the east and the west,from the north and the south.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.3.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="5"></a><a href="/psalms/107-4.htm">4</a>Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,finding no way to a city where they could live.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.4.1">a</a> <A name="6"></a><a href="/psalms/107-5.htm">5</a>They were hungry and thirsty;their spirits failed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.107.5.1">A</a> within them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.5.1">a</a> <A name="7"></a><a href="/psalms/107-6.htm">6</a>Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;he rescued them from their distress.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.6.1">a</a> <A name="8"></a><a href="/psalms/107-7.htm">7</a>He led them by the right pathto go to a city where they could live.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.7.1">a</a> <A name="9"></a><a href="/psalms/107-8.htm">8</a>Let them give thanks to the Lordfor his faithful loveand his wondrous works for all humanity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.8.1">a</a> <A name="10"></a><a href="/psalms/107-9.htm">9</a>For he has satisfied the thirstyand filled the hungry with good things.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.9.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="11"></a><a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">10</a>Others sat in darkness and gloom<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.107.10.1">A</a> —prisoners in cruel chains<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.10.1">a</a> — <A name="12"></a><a href="/psalms/107-11.htm">11</a>because they rebelled against God’s commandsand despised the counsel of the Most High.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.11.1">a</a> <A name="13"></a><a href="/psalms/107-12.htm">12</a>He broke their spirits<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.107.12.1">A</a> with hard labor;they stumbled, and there was no one to help.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.12.1">a</a> <A name="14"></a><a href="/psalms/107-13.htm">13</a>Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;he saved them from their distress.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.13.1">a</a> <A name="15"></a><a href="/psalms/107-14.htm">14</a>He brought them out of darkness and gloomand broke their chains apart.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.14.1">a</a> <A name="16"></a><a href="/psalms/107-15.htm">15</a>Let them give thanks to the Lordfor his faithful loveand his wondrous works for all humanity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.15.1">a</a> <A name="17"></a><a href="/psalms/107-16.htm">16</a>For he has broken down the bronze gatesand cut through the iron bars.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.16.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="18"></a><a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">17</a>Fools suffered afflictionbecause of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.17.1">a</a> <A name="19"></a><a href="/psalms/107-18.htm">18</a>They loathed all foodand came near the gates of death.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.18.1">a</a> <A name="20"></a><a href="/psalms/107-19.htm">19</a>Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;he saved them from their distress.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.19.1">a</a> <A name="21"></a><a href="/psalms/107-20.htm">20</a>He sent his word and healed them;he rescued them from their traps. <A name="22"></a><a href="/psalms/107-21.htm">21</a>Let them give thanks to the Lordfor his faithful loveand his wondrous works for all humanity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.21.1">a</a> <A name="23"></a><a href="/psalms/107-22.htm">22</a>Let them offer thanksgiving sacrificesand announce his works with shouts of joy.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.22.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="24"></a><a href="/psalms/107-23.htm">23</a>Others went to sea in ships,conducting trade on the vast water.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.23.1">a</a> <A name="25"></a><a href="/psalms/107-24.htm">24</a>They saw the Lord’s works,his wondrous works in the deep.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.24.1">a</a> <A name="26"></a><a href="/psalms/107-25.htm">25</a>He spoke and raised a stormy windthat stirred up the waves of the sea.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.107.25.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.25.1">a</a> <A name="27"></a><a href="/psalms/107-26.htm">26</a>Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,their courage<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.107.26.1">A</a> melting away in anguish,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.26.1">a</a> <A name="28"></a><a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">27</a>they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,and all their skill was useless.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.27.1">a</a> <A name="29"></a><a href="/psalms/107-28.htm">28</a>Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,and he brought them out of their distress.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.28.1">a</a> <A name="30"></a><a href="/psalms/107-29.htm">29</a>He stilled the storm to a whisper,and the waves of the sea were hushed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.29.1">a</a> <A name="31"></a><a href="/psalms/107-30.htm">30</a>They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.30.1">a</a> <A name="32"></a><a href="/psalms/107-31.htm">31</a>Let them give thanks to the Lordfor his faithful loveand his wondrous works for all humanity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.31.1">a</a> <A name="33"></a><a href="/psalms/107-32.htm">32</a>Let them exalt him in the assembly of the peopleand praise him in the council of the elders.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.32.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="34"></a><a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">33</a>He turns rivers into desert,springs into thirsty ground,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.33.1">a</a> <A name="35"></a><a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">34</a>and fruitful land into salty wasteland,because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.34.1">a</a> <A name="36"></a><a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">35</a>He turns a desert into a pool,dry land into springs.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.35.1">a</a> <A name="37"></a><a href="/psalms/107-36.htm">36</a>He causes the hungry to settle there,and they establish a city where they can live.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.36.1">a</a> <A name="38"></a><a href="/psalms/107-37.htm">37</a>They sow fields and plant vineyardsthat yield a fruitful harvest.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.37.1">a</a> <A name="39"></a><a href="/psalms/107-38.htm">38</a>He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.38.1">a</a>he does not let their livestock decrease.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.38.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="40"></a><a href="/psalms/107-39.htm">39</a>When they are diminished and are humbledby cruel oppression and sorrow,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.39.1">a</a> <A name="41"></a><a href="/psalms/107-40.htm">40</a>he pours contempt on nobles<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.40.1">a</a>and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.40.2">b</a> <A name="42"></a><a href="/psalms/107-41.htm">41</a>But he lifts the needy out of their suffering<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.41.1">a</a>and makes their families multiply like flocks.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.41.2">b</a> <A name="43"></a><a href="/psalms/107-42.htm">42</a>The upright see it and rejoice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.42.1">a</a>and all injustice shuts its mouth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.42.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name=""></a><a href="/psalms/107-43.htm">43</a>Let whoever is wise pay attention to these thingsand consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.107.43.1">a</a></blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Psalms.107" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.107.5.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.5">107:5</a> Lit their soul fainted</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.107.10.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.10">107:10</a> Or the shadow of death, also in v. 14</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.107.12.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.12">107:12</a> Lit hearts</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.107.25.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.25">107:25</a> Lit of it</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.107.26.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.26">107:26</a> Lit souls</aside> <section id="cross-references-Psalms.107" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.1.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.1">107:1</a> 1Ch 16:34; Ps 100:5; 106:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.2.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.2">107:2</a> Ps 78:42; 106:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.3.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.3">107:3</a> Is 11:12; 43:5; Ezk 20:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.4.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.4">107:4</a> Nm 14:33; 32:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.5.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.5">107:5</a> Ps 77:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.6.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.6">107:6</a> Ps 106:44</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.7.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.7">107:7</a> Jr 31:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.8.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.8">107:8</a> Ps 75:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.9.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.9">107:9</a> Ps 22:26; 34:10; Lk 1:53</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.10.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.10">107:10</a> Ps 102:20; Is 42:7; Lk 1:79</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.11.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.11">107:11</a> 2Ch 36:16; Ps 78:40; 106:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.12.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.12">107:12</a> Ex 6:9; Dt 26:6; Is 14:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.13.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.13">107:13</a> Ex 2:23–25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.14.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.14">107:14</a> Jr 2:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.15.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.15">107:15</a> Ps 75:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.16.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.16">107:16</a> Is 45:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.17.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.17">107:17</a> Jr 30:14–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.18.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.18">107:18</a> Jb 33:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.19.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.19">107:19</a> Nm 21:7–9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.21.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.21">107:21</a> Ps 75:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.22.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.22">107:22</a> Ps 9:11; 105:43; 116:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.23.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.23">107:23</a> Is 42:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.24.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.24">107:24</a> Is 33:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.25.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.25">107:25</a> Ps 93:3–4; Ezk 26:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.26.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.26">107:26</a> Ps 22:14; 119:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.27.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.27">107:27</a> Jb 12:25; Is 29:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.28.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.28">107:28</a> Jnh 1:14; Mk 4:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.29.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.29">107:29</a> Ps 89:9; Mt 8:26; Lk 8:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.30.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.30">107:30</a> Ex 15:13; Ps 78:72</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.31.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.31">107:31</a> Ps 75:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.32.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.32">107:32</a> Ps 22:22,25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.33.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.33">107:33</a> Is 42:15; 50:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.34.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.34">107:34</a> Gn 19:24–28; Dt 29:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.35.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.35">107:35</a> Is 35:6–7; 41:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.36.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.36">107:36</a> Ps 60:9; 146:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.37.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.37">107:37</a> Is 65:21; Am 9:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.38.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.38">107:38</a> Gn 12:2; Ex 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.38.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.38">107:38</a> Dt 7:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.39.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.39">107:39</a> Ps 44:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.40.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.40">107:40</a> Jb 12:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.40.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.40">107:40</a> Jb 12:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.41.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.41">107:41</a> 1Sm 2:8; Ps 113:7–8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.41.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.41">107:41</a> Jb 21:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.42.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.42">107:42</a> Jb 22:19; Ps 64:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.42.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.42">107:42</a> Jb 5:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.107.43.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.107.43">107:43</a> Ps 64:9; Hs 14:9</aside> <section id="study-notes-Psalms.107" class="snSection"> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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