Psalm 107

 ¹O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

 ²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

 ³And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

 ⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

 ⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

 ⁶Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

 ⁷And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

 ⁸Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

 ⁹For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

 ¹⁰Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

 ¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

 ¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

 ¹³Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

 ¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

 ¹⁵Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

 ¹⁶For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

 ¹⁷Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

 ¹⁸Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

 ¹⁹Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

 ²⁰He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

 ²¹Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

 ²²And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

 ²³They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

 ²⁴These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

 ²⁵For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

 ²⁶They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

 ²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

 ²⁸Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

 ²⁹He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

 ³⁰Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

 ³¹Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

 ³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

 ³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

 ³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

 ³⁵He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

 ³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

 ³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

 ³⁸He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

 ³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

 ⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

 ⁴¹Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

 ⁴²The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

 ⁴³Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.