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Psalm 107

Common English Bible CEB

1 "Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his faithful love lasts forever!"

2 That's what those who are redeemed by the LORD say, the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,

3 the ones God gathered from various countries, from east and west, north and south.

4 Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland. They couldn't find their way to a city or town.

5 They were hungry and thirsty; their lives were slipping away.

6 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.

7 God led them straight to human habitation.

8 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people,

9 because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst, and he filled up the hungry with good things!

10 Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom; they were prisoners suffering in chains

11 because they had disobeyed God's instructions and rejected the Most High's plans.

12 So God humbled them with hard work. They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.

13 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.

14 God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom; he shattered their chains.

15 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people,

16 because God has shattered bronze doors and split iron bars in two!

17 Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways. They suffered because of their wickedness.

18 They had absolutely no appetite for food; they had arrived at death's gates.

19 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.

20 God gave the order and healed them; he rescued them from their pit.

21 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people.

22 Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and declare what God has donein songs of joy!

23 Some of the redeemed had gone out on the ocean in ships, making their living on the high seas.

24 They saw what the LORD had made; they saw his wondrous works in the depths of the sea.

25 God spoke and stirred up a storm that brought the waves up high.

26 The waves went as high as the sky; they crashed down to the depths. The sailors' courage melted at this terrible situation.

27 They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk. None of their skill was of any help.

28 So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, and God brought them out safe from their desperate circumstances.

29 God quieted the storm to a whisper; the sea's waves were hushed.

30 So they rejoiced because the waves had calmed down; then God led them to the harbor they were hoping for.

31 Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all people.

32 Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people and praise God in the assembly of the elders.

33 God turns rivers into desert, watery springs into thirsty ground,

34 fruitful land into unproductive dirt, when its inhabitants are wicked.

35 But God can also turn the desert into watery pools, thirsty ground into watery springs,

36 where he settles the hungry. They even build a city and live there!

37 They plant fields and vineyards and obtain a fruitful harvest.

38 God blesses them, and they become many. God won't even let their cattle diminish.

39 But when they do diminish— when they're brought down by oppression, trouble, and grief—

40 God pours contempt on their leaders, making them wander aimlessly in the wastelands.

41 But God raises the needy from their suffering; he makes their families as numerous as sheep!

42 Those who do right see it and celebrate, but every wicked person shuts their mouth.

43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things, carefully considering the LORD's faithful love.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Oh, thank God - he's so good! His love never runs out.

2 All of you set free by God, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression,

3 Then rounded you up from all over the place, from the four winds, from the seven seas.

4 Some of you wandered for years in the desert, looking but not finding a good place to live,

5 Half-starved and parched with thirst, staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion.

6 Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time;

7 He put your feet on a wonderful road that took you straight to a good place to live.

8 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.

9 He poured great draughts of water down parched throats; the starved and hungry got plenty to eat.

10 Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars,

11 Punished for defying God's Word, for turning your back on the High God's counsel -

12 A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help.

13 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.

14 He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out.

15 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;

16 He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!

17 Some of you were sick because you'd lived a bad life, your bodies feeling the effects of your sin;

18 You couldn't stand the sight of food, so miserable you thought you'd be better off dead.

19 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.

20 He spoke the word that healed you, that pulled you back from the brink of death.

21 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;

22 Offer thanksgiving sacrifices, tell the world what he's done - sing it out!

23 Some of you set sail in big ships; you put to sea to do business in faraway ports.

24 Out at sea you saw God in action, saw his breathtaking ways with the ocean:

25 With a word he called up the wind - an ocean storm, towering waves!

26 You shot high in the sky, then the bottom dropped out; your hearts were stuck in your throats.

27 You were spun like a top, you reeled like a drunk, you didn't know which end was up.

28 Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time.

29 He quieted the wind down to a whisper, put a muzzle on all the big waves.

30 And you were so glad when the storm died down, and he led you safely back to harbor.

31 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.

32 Lift high your praises when the people assemble, shout Hallelujah when the elders meet!

33 God turned rivers into wasteland, springs of water into sunbaked mud;

34 Luscious orchards became alkali flats because of the evil of the people who lived there.

35 Then he changed wasteland into fresh pools of water, arid earth into springs of water,

36 Brought in the hungry and settled them there; they moved in - what a great place to live!

37 They sowed the fields, they planted vineyards, they reaped a bountiful harvest.

38 He blessed them and they prospered greatly; their herds of cattle never decreased.

39 But abuse and evil and trouble declined

40 as he heaped scorn on princes and sent them away. He gave the poor a safe place to live,

41 treated their clans like well-cared-for sheep.

42 Good people see this and are glad; bad people are speechless, stopped in their tracks.

43 If you are really wise, you'll think this over - it's time you appreciated God's deep love.