107: 2 Let the ransomed of Jehovah say so, Whom he hath ransomed from the hand of the adversary,
107: 3 And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and 646from the Red Sea.
646Or, from the south. But compare ch. 106:7, 9, 22.
107: 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
107: 5 Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
107: 6 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses.
107: 7 He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.
107: 8 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107: 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
107: 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
107: 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, And had contempt for the counsel of the Most High:
107: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.
107: 13 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
107: 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.
107: 15 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107: 16 For he hath broken the gates of copper, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
107: 17 Fools because of 647their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
647Hb. the way of their transgression,
107: 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
107: 19 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their destresses.
107: 20 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their 648destructions.
648Hb. pits.
107: 21 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107: 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
107: 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
107: 24 These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.
107: 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
107: 26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
107: 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And 649are at their wits’ end.
649Hb. all their wisdom is swallowed up.
107: 28 Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
107: 29 He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.
107: 30 Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
107: 31 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
107: 32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
107: 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
107: 34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
107: 35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
107: 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,
107: 37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.
107: 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
107: 39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
107: 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
107: 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.
107: 42 The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
107: 43 Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
