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Psalm 107 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble

Psa 107:1

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Psa 107:2

Let the redeemed of Yahweh say so,

Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary

Psa 107:3

And gathered from the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the [fn]south.

Psa 107:4

They wandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland;

They did not find an inhabited city.

Psa 107:5

Hungry [fn]and thirsty,

Their soul fainted within them.

Psa 107:6

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He delivered them out of their distresses.

Psa 107:7

He led them by a [fn]straight way,

To go to an inhabited city.

Psa 107:8

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Psa 107:9

For He has satisfied the [fn]thirsty soul,

And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

Psa 107:10

There were those who inhabited darkness and the shadow of death,

Prisoners in affliction and irons,

Psa 107:11

Because they had rebelled against the words of God

And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

Psa 107:12

So He subdued their heart with labor;

They stumbled and there was none to help.

Psa 107:13

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He saved them out of their distresses.

Psa 107:14

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death

And broke their bands apart.

Psa 107:15

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Psa 107:16

For He has shattered the doors of bronze

And cut through the bars of iron.

Psa 107:17

[fn]Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression,

And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Psa 107:18

Their soul abhorred all kinds of food,

And they reached the gates of death.

Psa 107:19

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble;

He saved them out of their distresses.

Psa 107:20

He sent His word and healed them,

And provided them escape from their [fn]destructions.

Psa 107:21

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Psa 107:22

Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

And recount His works with joyful singing.

Psa 107:23

Those who go down to the sea in ships,

Who do business on many waters;

Psa 107:24

They have seen the works of Yahweh,

And His wondrous deeds in the deep.

Psa 107:25

He spoke and set up a stormy wind,

Which raised up the waves [fn]of the sea.

Psa 107:26

They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;

Their soul melted away in the [fn]calamity.

Psa 107:27

They staggered and swayed like a drunken man,

And all their wisdom was swallowed up.

Psa 107:28

Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

Psa 107:29

He caused the storm to stand still,

So that its waves were hushed.

Psa 107:30

Then they were glad because they were quiet,

So He led them to their desired haven.

Psa 107:31

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!

Psa 107:32

Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,

And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

Psa 107:33

He [fn]makes rivers into a [fn]wilderness

And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

Psa 107:34

A fruitful land into a salt waste,

Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.

Psa 107:35

He makes a wilderness into a pool of water

And a dry land into springs of water;

Psa 107:36

And there He causes the hungry to inhabit,

So that they may establish an inhabited city,

Psa 107:37

And sow fields and plant vineyards,

And produce a fruitful harvest.

Psa 107:38

Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly,

And He does not let their cattle decrease.

Psa 107:39

But when they decrease and are bowed down

Through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

Psa 107:40

He pours contempt upon nobles

And makes them wander in a pathless void.

Psa 107:41

But He sets the needy [fn]securely on high away from affliction,

And makes his families like a flock.

Psa 107:42

The upright see it and are glad;

But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Psa 107:43

Who is wise? Let him keep these things,

And carefully consider the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.

LSB Footnotes
Lit sea
Lit also
Or level
Or parched
One who lacks wisdom due to negligence or carelessness
Or pits
Lit of it
Lit evil
Or turns
Or desert
Lit in an inaccessibly high place
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