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align="center" cellpadding="0" 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 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h2 class="psalm-book"><span id="en" class="text">BOOK V</span></h2><h2><span class="text">(Psalms 107–150)</span></h2><h3><span class="text">Psalm 107</span></h3><h3><span class="text">Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>O give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, for he is good;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for his steadfast love endures forever.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Let the redeemed of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> say so,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">those he redeemed from trouble</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>and gathered in from the lands,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from the east and from the west,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from the north and from the south.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17773a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Some wandered in desert wastes,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">finding no way to an inhabited town;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>hungry and thirsty,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">their soul fainted within them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Then they cried to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he delivered them from their distress;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>he led them by a straight way,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">until they reached an inhabited town.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Let them thank the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> for his steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for his wonderful works to humankind.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>For he satisfies the thirsty,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the hungry he fills with good things.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Some sat in darkness and in gloom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">prisoners in misery and in irons,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>for they had rebelled against the words of God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and spurned the counsel of the Most High.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they fell down, with no one to help.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Then they cried to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he saved them from their distress;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>he brought them out of darkness and gloom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and broke their bonds asunder.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Let them thank the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> for his steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for his wonderful works to humankind.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>For he shatters the doors of bronze,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and cuts in two the bars of iron.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Some were sick<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17787b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> through their sinful ways,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and because of their iniquities endured affliction;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>they loathed any kind of food,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and they drew near to the gates of death.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Then they cried to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he saved them from their distress;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>he sent out his word and healed them,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and delivered them from destruction.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Let them thank the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> for his steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for his wonderful works to humankind.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>Some went down to the sea in ships,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">doing business on the mighty waters;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>they saw the deeds of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">his wondrous works in the deep.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">which lifted up the waves of the sea.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">their courage melted away in their calamity;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>they reeled and staggered like drunkards,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and were at their wits’ end.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Then they cried to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he brought them out from their distress;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>he made the storm be still,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the waves of the sea were hushed.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Then they were glad because they had quiet,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he brought them to their desired haven.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>Let them thank the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> for his steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for his wonderful works to humankind.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and praise him in the assembly of the elders.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>He turns rivers into a desert,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">springs of water into thirsty ground,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>a fruitful land into a salty waste,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>He turns a desert into pools of water,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a parched land into springs of water.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">36</span>And there he lets the hungry live,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and they establish a town to live in;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">37</span>they sow fields, and plant vineyards,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and get a fruitful yield.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">38</span>By his blessing they multiply greatly,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he does not let their cattle decrease.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">39</span>When they are diminished and brought low</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">40</span>he pours contempt on princes</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and makes them wander in trackless wastes;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">41</span>but he raises up the needy out of distress,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and makes their families like flocks.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">42</span>The upright see it and are glad;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and all wickedness stops its mouth.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">43</span>Let those who are wise give heed to these things,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and consider the steadfast love of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 107:3">Psalm 107:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>sea</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 107:17">Psalm 107:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>fools</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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