Psalms 107

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 A Canticle Psalm, of David himself.	1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.	2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.	3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.	4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.	5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,	6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.	7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.	8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.	9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.	10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?	11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?	12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.	13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.	14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
	15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
	16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
	17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
	18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
	19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
	20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
	21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
	22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
	23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
	24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
	25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
	26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
	27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
	28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
	29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
	30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
	31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
	32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
	33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
	34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
	35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
	36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
	37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
	38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
	39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
	40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
	41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
	42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
	43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.