107:1	Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
107:2	Let the redeemed of the LORD say this--those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
107:3	those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
107:4	Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
107:5	They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
107:6	Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
107:7	He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
107:8	Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
107:9	for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
107:10	Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
107:11	for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
107:12	So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
107:13	Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
107:14	He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains.
107:15	Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
107:16	for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
107:17	Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
107:18	They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
107:19	Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
107:20	He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
107:21	Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
107:22	Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
107:23	Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.
107:24	They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
107:25	For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
107:26	They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
107:27	They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.
107:28	Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
107:29	He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
107:30	They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
107:31	Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.
107:32	Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
107:33	He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
107:34	and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
107:35	He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
107:36	there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
107:37	They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
107:38	he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
107:39	Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
107:40	he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
107:41	But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
107:42	The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
107:43	Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.
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