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href="../psalms/106.htm" title="Psalm 106">&#9668;</a> Psalm 107 <a href="../psalms/108.htm" title="Psalm 108">&#9658;</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/107.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters">&nbsp;Par&nbsp;&#9662;&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="maintitle">BOOK V</p><p class="secondarytitle">Psalms 107&#8211;150</p><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 107</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, for he is good;</p><p class="line2">his love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let the redeemed of the <span class="name">Lord</span> tell their story&#8212;</p><p class="line2">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>those he gathered from the lands,</p><p class="line2">from east and west, from north and south. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew north and the sea">a</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Some wandered in desert wastelands,</p><p class="line2">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They were hungry and thirsty,</p><p class="line2">and their lives ebbed away.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then they cried out to the <span class="name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</p><p class="line2">and he delivered them from their distress.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He led them by a straight way</p><p class="line2">to a city where they could settle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let them give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span> for his unfailing love</p><p class="line2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for he satisfies the thirsty</p><p class="line2">and fills the hungry with good things.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</p><p class="line2">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</p><p class="line2">and despised the plans of the Most High.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So he subjected them to bitter labor;</p><p class="line2">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then they cried to the <span class="name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</p><p class="line2">and he saved them from their distress.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</p><p class="line2">and broke away their chains.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let them give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span> for his unfailing love</p><p class="line2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>for he breaks down gates of bronze</p><p class="line2">and cuts through bars of iron.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Some became fools through their rebellious ways</p><p class="line2">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They loathed all food</p><p class="line2">and drew near the gates of death.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they cried to the <span class="name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</p><p class="line2">and he saved them from their distress.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He sent out his word and healed them;</p><p class="line2">he rescued them from the grave.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Let them give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span> for his unfailing love</p><p class="line2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Let them sacrifice thank offerings</p><p class="line2">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Some went out on the sea in ships;</p><p class="line2">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They saw the works of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</p><p class="line2">that lifted high the waves.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</p><p class="line2">in their peril their courage melted away.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</p><p class="line2">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then they cried out to the <span class="name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</p><p class="line2">and he brought them out of their distress.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He stilled the storm to a whisper;</p><p class="line2">the waves of the sea <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / their waves">b</a></sup></span> were hushed.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They were glad when it grew calm,</p><p class="line2">and he guided them to their desired haven.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Let them give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span> for his unfailing love</p><p class="line2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</p><p class="line2">and praise him in the council of the elders.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He turned rivers into a desert,</p><p class="line2">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and fruitful land into a salt waste,</p><p class="line2">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He turned the desert into pools of water</p><p class="line2">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>there he brought the hungry to live,</p><p class="line2">and they founded a city where they could settle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>They sowed fields and planted vineyards</p><p class="line2">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</p><p class="line2">and he did not let their herds diminish.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</p><p class="line2">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>he who pours contempt on nobles</p><p class="line2">made them wander in a trackless waste.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</p><p class="line2">and increased their families like flocks.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The upright see and rejoice,</p><p class="line2">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Let the one who is wise heed these things</p><p class="line2">and ponder the loving deeds of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>north and the sea</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span 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