Psalms 107

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Al eluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, his faithful love lasts for ever.	1 Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 So let them say whom Yahweh redeemed, whom he redeemed from the power of their enemies,	2 Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries.
3 bringing them back from foreign lands, from east and west, north and south.	3 From the rising and the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea.
4 They were wandering in the desert, in the wastelands, could find no way to an inhabited city;	4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.
5 they were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.	5 They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
6 They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,	6 And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 he set them on the road, straight to an inhabited city.	7 And he led them into the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!	8 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
9 He has fed the hungry to their hearts' content, filled the starving with good things.	9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.
10 Sojourners in gloom and shadow dark as death, fettered in misery and chains,	10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
11 for defying the orders of Yahweh, for scorning the plan of the Most High-	11 Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High:
12 he subdued their spirit by hard labour; if they fel there was no one to help.	12 And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them.
13 They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,	13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
14 he brought them out from gloom and shadow dark as death, and shattered their chains.	14 And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.
15 Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!	15 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
16 He broke open gates of bronze and smashed iron bars.	16 Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.
17 Fools for their rebellious ways, wretched because of their sins,	17 He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.
18 finding all food repugnant, brought close to the gates of death-	18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.
19 they cried out to Yahweh in their distress; he rescued them from their plight,	19 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
20 he sent out his word and cured them, and rescued their life from the abyss.	20 He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!	21 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.
22 Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and recount with shouts of joy what he has done!	22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.
23 Voyagers on the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,	23 They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters:
24 have seen the works of Yahweh, his wonders in the deep.	24 These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
25 By his word he raised a storm-wind, lashing up towering waves.	25 He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.
26 Up to the sky then down to the depths! Their stomachs were turned to water;	26 They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.
27 they staggered and reeled like drunkards, and al their skill went under.	27 They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.
28 They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,	28 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.
29 he reduced the storm to a calm, and al the waters subsided,	29 And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.
30 and he brought them, overjoyed at the stillness, to the port where they were bound.	30 And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.
31 Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!	31 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.
32 Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of elders.	32 And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.
33 He has turned rivers into desert, bubbling springs into arid ground,	33 He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:
34 fertile country into salt-flats, because the people living there were evil.	34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 But he has turned desert into stretches of water, arid ground into bubbling springs,	35 He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36 and has given the hungry a home, where they have built themselves a city.	36 And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.
37 There they sow fields and plant vines, and reap a harvest of their produce.	37 And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.
38 He blesses them and their numbers increase, he keeps their cattle at full strength.	38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
39 Their numbers had fal en, they had grown weak, under pressure of disaster and hardship;	39 Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.
40 he covered princes in contempt, left them to wander in trackless wastes.	40 Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.
41 But the needy he raises from their misery, makes their families as numerous as sheep.	41 And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
42 At the sight the honest rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.	42 The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop their mouth.
43 Who is wise? Such a one should take this to heart, and come to understand Yahweh's faithful love.	43 Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord?