Psalm 107 - American Standard Version 2015 American Standard Version 2015
Psalm 107

¹ O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;\par\tab For his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever.

² Let the redeemed of Jehovah say {\i so},\par\tab Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

³ And gathered out of the lands,\par\tab From the east and from the west,\par\tab From the north and from the south.

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way;\par\tab They found no city of habitation.

⁵ Hungry and thirsty,\par\tab Their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,\par\tab And he delivered them out of their distresses,

⁷ He led them also by a straight way,\par\tab That they might go to a city of habitation.

⁸ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,\par\tab And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹ For he satisfieth the longing soul,\par\tab And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

¹⁰ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,\par\tab Being bound in affliction and iron,

¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God,\par\tab And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labor;\par\tab They fell down, and there was none to help.

¹³ Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble,\par\tab And he saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,\par\tab And brake their bonds in sunder.

¹⁵ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,\par\tab And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of brass,\par\tab And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression,\par\tab And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;\par\tab And they draw near unto the gates of death.

¹⁹ Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,\par\tab And he saveth them out of their distresses.

²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them,\par\tab And delivereth {\i them} from their destructions.

²¹ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,\par\tab And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,\par\tab And declare his works with singing.

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

²⁴ These see the works of Jehovah,\par\tab And his wonders in the deep.

²⁵ For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,\par\tab Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

²⁶ They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths:\par\tab Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,\par\tab And are at their wits' end.

²⁸ Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble,\par\tab And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

²⁹ He maketh the storm a calm,\par\tab So that the waves thereof are still.

³⁰ Then are they glad because they are quiet;\par\tab So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

³¹ Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness,\par\tab And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,\par\tab And praise him in the seat of the elders.

³³ He turneth rivers into a wilderness,\par\tab And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

³⁴ A fruitful land into a salt desert,\par\tab For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵ He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water,\par\tab And a dry land into watersprings.

³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,\par\tab That they may prepare a city of habitation,

³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards,\par\tab And get them fruits of increase.

³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;\par\tab And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

³⁹ Again, they are diminished and bowed down\par\tab Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes,\par\tab And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

⁴¹ Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,\par\tab And maketh {\i him} families like a flock.

⁴² The upright shall see it, and be glad;\par\tab And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

⁴³ Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;\par\tab And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.