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Psalms 107:1
Psalms.
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Psalms 107:2
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Psalms 107:3
Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
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Psalms 107:4
and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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Psalms 107:5
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
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Psalms 107:6
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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Psalms 107:7
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
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Psalms 107:8
He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
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Psalms 107:9
Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:10
For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
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Psalms 107:11
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
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Psalms 107:12
because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
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Psalms 107:13
Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
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Psalms 107:14
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
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Psalms 107:15
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
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Psalms 107:16
Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:17
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
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Psalms 107:18
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
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Psalms 107:19
Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
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Psalms 107:20
Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
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Psalms 107:21
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
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Psalms 107:22
Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:23
Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
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Psalms 107:24
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
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Psalms 107:25
these see the LORD’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
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Psalms 107:26
For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
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Psalms 107:27
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
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Psalms 107:28
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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Psalms 107:29
Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
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Psalms 107:30
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
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Psalms 107:31
Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
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Psalms 107:32
Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
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Psalms 107:33
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
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Psalms 107:34
He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
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Psalms 107:35
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
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Psalms 107:36
He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
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Psalms 107:37
There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
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Psalms 107:38
sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
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Psalms 107:39
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
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Psalms 107:40
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
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Psalms 107:41
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
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Psalms 107:42
Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
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Psalms 107:43
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
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Psalms 107:44
Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.