Psalms 107 — BBE

107Verse 1O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
^{Verse 2}Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;
^{Verse 3}Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
^{Verse 4}They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
^{Verse 5}Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
^{Verse 6}Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
^{Verse 7}Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.
^{Verse 8}Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
^{Verse 9}He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
^{Verse 10}Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
^{Verse 11}Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
^{Verse 12}So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.
^{Verse 13}Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
^{Verse 14}He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
^{Verse 15}Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
^{Verse 16}The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
^{Verse 17}Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
^{Verse 18}They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
^{Verse 19}Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
^{Verse 20}He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
^{Verse 21}Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
^{Verse 22}Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
^{Verse 23}Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
^{Verse 24}They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
^{Verse 25}For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
^{Verse 26}The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.
^{Verse 27}They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
^{Verse 28}Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
^{Verse 29}He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
^{Verse 30}Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
^{Verse 31}Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
^{Verse 32}Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
^{Verse 33}He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;
^{Verse 34}He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
^{Verse 35}He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
^{Verse 36}And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
^{Verse 37}And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
^{Verse 38}He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
^{Verse 39}And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
^{Verse 40}He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
^{Verse 41}But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
^{Verse 42}The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
^{Verse 43}Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.