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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 King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/psalms/107.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <hgroup><h2 class="psalm-book">BOOK FIVE</span></h2><h3 class="psalm-book"><span class="text Ps-107-1">Psalms 107–150</span></h3></hgroup><h3><span class="text Ps-107-1">Thanksgiving to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> for His Great Works of Deliverance</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-3"><span class="text Ps-107-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Oh, give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, for <i>He is</i> good!</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-1">For His <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>mercy <i>endures</i> forever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let the redeemed of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> say <i>so,</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-2">Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And gathered out of the lands,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-3">From the east and from the west,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-3">From the north and from the south.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-4">They found no city to dwell in.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Hungry and thirsty,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-5">Their soul fainted in them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then they cried out to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-6"><i>And</i> He delivered them out of their distresses.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And He led them forth by the right way,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-7">That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Oh, that <i>men</i> would give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>for</i> His goodness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-8">And <i>for</i> His wonderful works to the children of men!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For He satisfies the longing soul,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-9">And fills the hungry soul with goodness.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-10">Bound<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span> in affliction and irons—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because they rebelled against the words of God,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-11">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>despised the counsel of the Most High,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-12">They fell down, and <i>there was</i> none to help.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then they cried out to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-13"><i>And</i> He saved them out of their distresses.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-14">And broke their chains in pieces.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Oh, that <i>men</i> would give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>for</i> His goodness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-15">And <i>for</i> His wonderful works to the children of men!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For He has broken the gates of bronze,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-16">And cut the bars of iron in two.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Fools, because of their transgression,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-17">And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Their soul abhorred all manner of food,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-18">And they drew near to the gates of death.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they cried out to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-19"><i>And</i> He saved them out of their distresses.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He sent His word and healed them,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-20">And delivered <i>them</i> from their destructions.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Oh, that <i>men</i> would give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>for</i> His goodness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-21">And <i>for</i> His wonderful works to the children of men!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-22">And declare His works with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>rejoicing.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Those who go down to the sea in ships,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-23">Who do business on great waters,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They see the works of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-24">And His wonders in the deep.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For He commands and raises the stormy wind,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-25">Which lifts up the waves of the sea.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They mount up to the heavens,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-26">They go down again to the depths;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-26">Their soul melts because of trouble.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-27">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>are at their wits’ end.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then they cry out to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> in their trouble,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-28">And He brings them out of their distresses.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He calms the storm,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-29">So that its waves are still.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then they are glad because they are quiet;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-30">So He guides them to their desired haven.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Oh, that <i>men</i> would give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>for</i> His goodness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-31">And <i>for</i> His wonderful works to the children of men!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-32">And praise Him in the company of the elders.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He turns rivers into a wilderness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-33">And the watersprings into dry ground;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>A fruitful land into <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>barrenness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-34">For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He turns a wilderness into pools of water,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-35">And dry land into watersprings.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>There He makes the hungry dwell,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-36">That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And sow fields and plant vineyards,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-37">That they may yield a fruitful harvest.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-38">And He does not let their cattle decrease.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When they are diminished and brought low</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-39">Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>He pours contempt on princes,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-40">And causes them to wander in the wilderness <i>where there is</i> no way;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-41">And makes <i>their</i> families like a flock.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The righteous see <i>it</i> and rejoice,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-42">And all iniquity stops its mouth.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/107-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Whoever <i>is</i> wise will observe these <i>things,</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-107-43">And they will understand the lovingkindness of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-15701a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 107:1">Psalm 107:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. same as <i>goodness,</i> vv. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Ps.107.8" href="/passage/?search=Ps.107.8&version=NKJV">8</span>, <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Ps.107.15" href="/passage/?search=Ps.107.15&version=NKJV">15</span>, <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Ps.107.21" href="/passage/?search=Ps.107.21&version=NKJV">21</span>, <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Ps.107.31" href="/passage/?search=Ps.107.31&version=NKJV">31</span>, and <i>lovingkindness,</i> v. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Ps.107.43" href="/passage/?search=Ps.107.43&version=NKJV">43</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15710b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 107:10">Psalm 107:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Prisoners</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15711c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 107:11">Psalm 107:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>scorned</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15722d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 107:22">Psalm 107:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>joyful singing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15727e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 107:27">Psalm 107:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>all their wisdom is swallowed up</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15734f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 107:34">Psalm 107:34</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>a salty waste</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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