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Psalm 107

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Give thanks to ADONAI; for he is good, for his grace continues forever.

2 Let those redeemed by ADONAI say it, those he redeemed from the power of the foe.

3 He gathered them from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

4 They wandered in the desert, on paths through the wastes, without finding any inhabited city.

5 They were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.

6 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.

7 He led them by a direct path to a city where they could live.

8 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

9 For he has satisfied the hungry, filled the starving with good.

10 Some lived in darkness, in death-dark gloom, bound in misery and iron chains,

11 because they defied God's word, scorned the counsel of the Most High.

12 So he humbled their hearts by hard labor; when they stumbled, no one came to their aid.

13 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.

14 He led them from darkness, from death-dark gloom, shattering their chains.

15 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

16 For he shattered bronze doors and cut through iron bars.

17 There were foolish people who suffered affliction because of their crimes and sins;

18 they couldn't stand to eat anything; they were near the gates of death.

19 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress;

20 he sent his word and healed them, he delivered them from destruction.

21 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and proclaim his great deeds with songs of joy.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,

24 saw the works of ADONAI, his wonders in the deep.

25 For at his word the storm-wind arose, lifting up towering waves.

26 The sailors were raised up to the sky, then plunged into the depths. At the danger, their courage failed them,

27 they reeled and staggered like drunk men, and all their skill was swallowed up.

28 In their trouble they cried to ADONAI, and he rescued them from their distress.

29 He silenced the storm and stilled its waves,

30 and they rejoiced as the sea grew calm. Then he brought them safely to their desired port.

31 Let them give thanks to ADONAI for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!

32 Let them extol him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the leaders' council.

33 He turns rivers into desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

34 productive land into salt flats, because the people living there are so wicked.

35 But he also turns desert into pools of water, dry land into flowing springs;

36 there he gives the hungry a home, and they build a city to live in;

37 there they sow fields and plant vineyards, which yield an abundant harvest.

38 He blesses them, their numbers grow, and he doesn't let their livestock decrease.

39 When their numbers fall, and they grow weak, because of oppression, disaster and sorrow,

40 he pours contempt on princes and leaves them to wander in trackless wastes.

41 But the needy he raises up from their distress and increases their families like sheep.

42 When the upright see this, they rejoice; while the wicked are reduced to silence.

43 Let whoever is wise observe these things and consider ADONAI's loving deeds.

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.