Psalm 107:1-43
(Psalms 107 – 150)
107 O give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people, for he is good;+For his loving-kindness* is to time indefinite.+
2 Let the reclaimed ones of Jehovah say so,+Whom he has reclaimed from the hand of the adversary,+
3 And whom he has collected together even from the lands,+From the sunrise and from the sunset,+From the north and from the south.*+
4 They wandered about in the wilderness,+ in the desert;+They did not find any way to a city of habitation.+
5 They were hungry, also thirsty;+Their very soul within them began to faint away.+
6 And they kept crying out to Jehovah in their distress;+Out of the stresses upon them he proceeded to deliver them,+
7 And to have them walk in the right way,+So as to come to a city of habitation.+
8 O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness+And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.*+
9 For he has satisfied the dried-out soul;+And the hungry soul he has filled with good things.+
10 There were those dwelling in darkness and deep shadow,+Prisoners in affliction and irons.+
11 For they had behaved rebelliously+ against the sayings of God;*+And the counsel of the Most High they had disrespected.+
12 So with trouble he proceeded to subdue their heart;+They stumbled, and there was no one helping.+
13 And they began calling to Jehovah for help in their distress;+Out of the stresses upon them he as usual saved them.+
14 He went bringing them out from darkness and deep shadow,+And tearing even their bands apart.+
15 O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness+And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.+
16 For he has broken the doors of copper,+And he has cut down even the bars of iron.+
17 Those who were foolish, due to the way of their transgression+And due to their errors, finally caused themselves affliction.+
18 Their soul got to detest even every sort of food,+And they were arriving at the gates of death.+
19 And they began calling to Jehovah for help in their distress;+Out of the stresses upon them he as usual saved them.+
20 He proceeded to send his word and heal them+And to provide [them] escape out of their pits.*+
21 O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness+And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.*+
22 And let them offer* the sacrifices of thanksgiving+And declare his works with a joyful cry.+
23 Those going down to the sea in the ships,+Doing business on vast* waters,+
24 They are the ones that have seen the works of Jehovah+And his wonderful works in the depths;+
25 How he says [the word] and causes a tempestuous wind* to arise,+So that it lifts up its waves.+
26 They go up to the heavens,They go down to the bottoms.*Because of the calamity their very soul finds itself melting.+
27 They reel and move unsteadily like a drunken man,+And even all their wisdom proves confused.+
28 And they begin crying out to Jehovah in their distress,+And out of the stresses upon them he brings them forth.+
29 He causes the windstorm to stand at a calm,+So that the waves of the sea* keep quiet.+
30 And they rejoice because these become still,And he leads them to the haven of their delight.+
31 O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness+And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.*+
32 And let them extol him in the congregation* of the people;+And in the seat of the elderly men let them praise him.+
33 He converts rivers into a wilderness,+And the outflows of water into thirsty ground,+
34 Fruitful land into salt country,+Owing to the badness of those dwelling in it.
35 He converts a wilderness into a reedy pool of water,+And the land of a waterless region into outflows of water.+
36 And there he causes the hungry ones to dwell,+So that they firmly establish a city of habitation.+
37 And they sow fields and plant vineyards,+That they may yield fruitful crops.+
38 And he blesses them so that they become very many;+And he does not let their cattle become few.+
39 Again they become few and crouch down+Owing to restraint, calamity and grief.+
40 He is pouring out contempt upon nobles,+So that he makes them wander about in a featureless place, where there is no way.+
41 But he protects* the poor one from affliction+And converts him into families just like a flock.+
42 The upright ones see and rejoice;+But as for all unrighteousness, it has to shut its mouth.+
43 Who is wise? He will both observe these things+And show himself attentive toward Jehovah’s acts of loving-kindness.+
Footnotes
^ Or, “loyal love.”
^ Lit., “the sea,” that is, the Red Sea to the south.
^ Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
^ “The sayings of God.” Heb., ʼim·reh-ʼElʹ.
^ Possibly, “the pit for their lives.”
^ See vs 8 ftn.
^ Lit., “sacrifice.”
^ Or, “many.”
^ “Bottoms.” Heb., thehoh·mohthʹ; LXXVg, “abysses.”
^ “The waves of the sea,” Sy; MT, “their waves”; LXXVg, “its waves.”
^ See vs 8 ftn.
^ “In the congregation of.” Heb., biq·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹai; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
^ Or, “puts on high,” that is, out of reach.
