Psalm 107⁷²

107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
and his loyal love endures!¹
107:2 Let those delivered by the LORD speak out,²
those whom he delivered³ from the power⁴ of the enemy,
107:3 and gathered from foreign lands,⁵
from east and west,
from north and south.
107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road,
they found no city in which to live.
107:5 They were hungry and thirsty,
they fainted from exhaustion.⁶
107:6 They cried out to the LORD in their distress,
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:7 He led them on a level road,⁷
that they might find a city in which to live.
107:8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people!⁸
107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst,⁹
and has filled those who hunger with food.¹⁰
107:10 They sat in utter darkness,¹¹
bound in painful iron chains,¹²
107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands,¹³
and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.¹⁴
107:12 So he used suffering to humble them,¹⁵
they stumbled and no one helped them up.
107:13 They cried out to the LORD in their distress,
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness,¹⁶
and tore off their shackles.
107:15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people!¹⁷
107:16 For he shattered the bronze gates,
and hacked through the iron bars.¹⁸
107:17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways,¹⁹
and suffered because of their sins.
107:18 They lost their appetite for all food,²⁰
and they drew near the gates of death.
107:19 They cried out to the LORD in their distress,
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:20 He sent them an assuring word²¹ and healed them,
he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.²²
107:21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people!²³
107:22 Let them present thank offerings,
and loudly proclaim what he has done!²⁴
107:23²⁵ Some traveled on²⁶ the sea in ships,
and carried cargo over the vast waters.²⁷
107:24 They witnessed the acts of the LORD,
his amazing feats on the deep water.
107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm,²⁸
and it stirred up the waves of the sea.²⁹
107:26 They³⁰ reached up to the sky,
then dropped into the depths.
The sailors’ strength³¹ left them³² because the danger was so great.³³
107:27 They swayed³⁴ and staggered like a drunk,
and all their skill proved ineffective.³⁵
107:28 They cried out to the LORD in their distress,
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:29 He calmed the storm,³⁶
and the waves³⁷ grew silent.
107:30 The sailors³⁸ rejoiced because the waves³⁹ grew quiet,
and he led them to the harbor⁴⁰ they desired.
107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people!⁴¹
107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people!
Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!⁴²
107:33 He turned⁴³ streams into a desert,
springs of water into arid land,
107:34 and a fruitful land into a barren place,⁴⁴
because of the sin of its inhabitants.
107:35 As for his people,⁴⁵ he turned⁴⁶ a desert into a pool of water,
and a dry land into springs of water.
107:36 He allowed the hungry to settle there,
and they established a city in which to live.
107:37 They cultivated⁴⁷ fields,
and planted vineyards,
which yielded a harvest of fruit.⁴⁸
107:38 He blessed⁴⁹ them so that they became very numerous.
He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.⁵⁰
107:39 As for their enemies,⁵¹ they decreased in number and were beaten down,
because of painful distress⁵² and suffering.
107:40 He would pour⁵³ contempt upon princes,
and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
107:41 Yet he protected⁵⁴ the needy from oppression,
and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner⁵⁵ shuts his mouth.
107:43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things!
Let them consider the LORD’s acts of loyal love!