Psalms 107

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Al eluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, his faithful love lasts for ever.	1 O give thanks unto 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 the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 bringing them back from foreign lands, from east and west, north and south.	3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They were wandering in the desert, in the wastelands, could find no way to an inhabited city;	4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 they were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.	5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,	6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, 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 forth by 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 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for 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 satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Sojourners in gloom and shadow dark as death, fettered in misery and chains,	10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 for defying the orders of Yahweh, for scorning the plan of the Most High-	11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 he subdued their spirit by hard labour; if they fel there was no one to help.	12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,	13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 he brought them out from gloom and shadow dark as death, and shattered their chains.	14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!	15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 He broke open gates of bronze and smashed iron bars.	16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools for their rebellious ways, wretched because of their sins,	17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 finding all food repugnant, brought close to the gates of death-	18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 they cried out to Yahweh in their distress; he rescued them from their plight,	19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth 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 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for 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 sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 Voyagers on the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,	23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 have seen the works of Yahweh, his wonders in the deep.	24 These see 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 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 Up to the sky then down to the depths! Their stomachs were turned to water;	26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 they staggered and reeled like drunkards, and al their skill went under.	27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28 They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,	28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 he reduced the storm to a calm, and al the waters subsided,	29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 and he brought them, overjoyed at the stillness, to the port where they were bound.	30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!	31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for 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 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He has turned rivers into desert, bubbling springs into arid ground,	33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings 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 turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 and has given the hungry a home, where they have built themselves a city.	36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 There they sow fields and plant vines, and reap a harvest of their produce.	37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesses them and their numbers increase, he keeps their cattle at full strength.	38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Their numbers had fal en, they had grown weak, under pressure of disaster and hardship;	39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 he covered princes in contempt, left them to wander in trackless wastes.	40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 But the needy he raises from their misery, makes their families as numerous as sheep.	41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 At the sight the honest rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.	42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Who is wise? Such a one should take this to heart, and come to understand Yahweh's faithful love.	43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.