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BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

  • 107 “ Give thanks to the LORD because he is good,
  • because his faithful love lasts forever! ”
  • 2 That’s what those who are redeemed by the LORD say,
  • the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,
  • 3 the ones God gathered from various countries,
  • from east and west, north and south.

  • 4 Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland.
  • They couldn’t find their way to a city or town.
  • 5 They were hungry and thirsty;
  • their lives were slipping away.
  • 6 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
  • and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.
  • 7 God led them straight to human habitation.
  • 8 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
  • and his wondrous works for all people,
  • 9 because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst,
  • and he filled up the hungry with good things!

  • 10 Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom;
  • they were prisoners suffering in chains
  • 11 because they had disobeyed God’s instructions
  • and rejected the Most High’s plans.
  • 12 So God humbled them with hard work.
  • They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.
  • 13 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
  • and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
  • 14 God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom;
  • he shattered their chains.
  • 15 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
  • and his wondrous works for all people,
  • 16 because God has shattered bronze doors
  • and split iron bars in two!

  • 17 Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways.
  • They suffered because of their wickedness.
  • 18 They had absolutely no appetite for food;
  • they had arrived at death’s gates.
  • 19 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
  • and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
  • 20 God gave the order and healed them;
  • he rescued them from their pit.
  • 21 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
  • and his wondrous works for all people.
  • 22 Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
  • and declare what God has donein songs of joy!

  • 23 Some of the redeemed had gone out on the ocean in ships,
  • making their living on the high seas.
  • 24 They saw what the LORD had made;
  • they saw his wondrous works in the depths of the sea.
  • 25 God spoke and stirred up a storm
  • that brought the waves up high.
  • 26 The waves went as high as the sky;
  • they crashed down to the depths.
  • The sailors’ courage melted at this terrible situation.
  • 27 They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk.
  • None of their skill was of any help.
  • 28 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress,
  • and God brought them out safe from their desperate circumstances.
  • 29 God quieted the storm to a whisper;
  • the sea’s waves were hushed.
  • 30 So they rejoiced because the waves had calmed down;
  • then God led them to the harbor they were hoping for.
  • 31 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love
  • and his wondrous works for all people.
  • 32 Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people
  • and praise God in the assembly of the elders.

  • 33 God turns rivers into desert,
  • watery springs into thirsty ground,
  • 34 fruitful land into unproductive dirt,
  • when its inhabitants are wicked.
  • 35 But God can also turn the desert into watery pools,
  • thirsty ground into watery springs,
  • 36 where he settles the hungry.
  • They even build a city and live there!
  • 37 They plant fields and vineyards
  • and obtain a fruitful harvest.
  • 38 God blesses them, and they become many.
  • God won’t even let their cattle diminish.
  • 39 But when they do diminish—
  • when they’re brought down by oppression, trouble, and grief—
  • 40 God pours contempt on their leaders,
  • making them wander aimlessly in the wastelands.
  • 41 But God raises the needy from their suffering;
  • he makes their families as numerous as sheep!

  • 42 Those who do right see it and celebrate,
  • but every wicked person shuts their mouth.
  • 43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things,
  • carefully considering the LORD ’s faithful love.