Psalms 107

Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 107 opens with a call for the redeemed whom the Lord gathered from various lands to give thanks for His enduring devotion. It recounts how wandering travelers in desert wastes, hungry and thirsty, cried out to the Lord in their trouble and were led to a habitable city. It describes prisoners sitting in darkness due to rebellion who cried out, were rescued from their chains, and had their bronze gates broken down. The text further details how rebellious fools near death and sailors facing a tempest raised by the Lord both cried out in distress and were saved by His word and the calming of the waves. Finally, the psalm describes how the Lord alters landscapes by turning rivers into deserts or deserts into pools, settling the hungry, multiplying families, and leading the needy through various conditions while the wise consider these events.

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¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy ³and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. ⁴Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. ⁵They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. ⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. ⁷He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. ⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ⁹For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. ¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, ¹¹because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. ¹²He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. ¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. ¹⁵Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ¹⁶For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. ¹⁷Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. ¹⁸They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death. ¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. ²⁰He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. ²¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing. ²³Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters. ²⁴They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. ²⁵For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. ²⁶They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish. ²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless. ²⁸Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. ²⁹He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. ³⁰They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired. ³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ³²Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. ³³He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, ³⁴and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. ³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. ³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell. ³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. ³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish. ³⁹When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, ⁴⁰He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. ⁴¹But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. ⁴²The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth. ⁴³Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

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