Psalmen 107

1. ¹Give thanks to Yahweh, For he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
2. ²Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
3. ³And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
4. ⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
5. ⁵Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
6. ⁶Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
7. ⁷He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city to live in.
8. ⁸Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
9. ⁹For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
10. ¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
11. ¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, And condemned the counsel of the Most High.
12. ¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
13. ¹³Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
14. ¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds in sunder.
15. ¹⁵Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
16. ¹⁶For he has broken the gates of brass, And cut through bars of iron.
17. ¹⁷Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, And because of their iniquities.
18. ¹⁸Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
19. ¹⁹Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.
20. ²⁰He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers them from their graves.
21. ²¹Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
22. ²²Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
23. ²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;
24. ²⁴These see Yahweh's works, And his wonders in the deep.
25. ²⁵For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up its waves.
26. ²⁶They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27. ²⁷They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
28. ²⁸Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distress.
29. ²⁹He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.
30. ³⁰Then they are glad because it is calm, So he brings them to their desired haven.
31. ³¹Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works for the children of men!
32. ³²Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
33. ³³He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,
34. ³⁴And a fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35. ³⁵He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.
36. ³⁶There he makes the hungry live, That they may prepare a city to live in,
37. ³⁷Sow fields, plant vineyards, And reap the fruits of increase.
38. ³⁸He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their cattle to decrease.
39. ³⁹Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40. ⁴⁰He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
41. ⁴¹Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, And increases their families like a flock.
42. ⁴²The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
43. ⁴³Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

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