Psalms 107 — TOJB

107Verse 1O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov;
ki l'olam chasdo (for His mercy endureth forever).
^{Verse 2}Let the Geulei Hashem(the redeemed of Hashem) say so,
whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar;
^{Verse 3}And gathered them out of the lands,
from the mizrach (east), and from the ma'arav (west),
from the tzafon (north), and from the yam (sea).^{Verse 4}They wandered in the midbar in a desolate region;
they found no derech to an ir moshav (inhabited city).
^{Verse 5}Re'evim (hungry) and tzeme'im (thirsty),
their nefesh fainted within them.
^{Verse 6}Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros,
and He delivered them out of their distresses.
^{Verse 7}And He led them forth by the derech yesharah
that they might go to an ir moshav.
^{Verse 8}Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed,
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
^{Verse 9}For He satisfieth the longing nefesh,
and filleth the hungry nefesh with the tov.^{Verse 10}Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet,
being bound in oni and barzel (iron);
^{Verse 11}Because they rebelled against the words of G-d,
and despised the atzat Elyon (counsel of the Most High);
^{Verse 12}Therefore He brought down their lev with amal (toil);
they stumbled, and there was no ozer (helper).
^{Verse 13}Then they cried out unto Hashem in their tzoros,
and He saved them out of their distresses.
^{Verse 14}He brought them out of choshech and tzalmavet,
and broke apart their chains.
^{Verse 15}Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed,
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
^{Verse 16}For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet,
and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron).^{Verse 17}Fools because of their derech peysha,
and because of their avonot (iniquities), were afflicted.
^{Verse 18}Their nefesh abhorreth all manner of ochel (food);
and they drew near unto the sha'arei mavet (gates of death).
^{Verse 19}Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros,
and He saveth them out of their distresses.
^{Verse 20}He sent His Davar, and healed them,
and delivered them from their destructions.^{+Verse 21}Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed,
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
^{Verse 22}And let them sacrifice the zivkhei todah (sacrifices of thanksgiving),
and recount His works with joyful singing.^{Verse 23}They that go down to the yam in oniyot (ships),
that do business on mayim rabbim (great waters);
^{Verse 24}These have seen the ma'asei Hashem,
and His nifla'ot (wonders) in the deep.
^{Verse 25}For He commandeth,
and raiseth up a ruach sa'arah (stormy wind),
which lifteth up the galim (waves) thereof.
^{Verse 26}They⁺mount up to Shomayim,
they went down again to the tehomot (depths);
their nefesh melted in ra'ah (peril, trouble).
^{Verse 27}They reeled and staggered like a shikkor,
and were at their witʼs end.
^{Verse 28}Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros,
and He brought them out of their distresses.
^{Verse 29}He made the sa'arah (storm) a calm,
so that the galim (waves) thereof were still.^{+
Verse 30}Then were they glad because they were quiet;
so He brought them unto their makhoz chefetz (desired haven, city, district, boundary).
^{Verse 31}Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed,
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!
^{Verse 32}Let them exalt Him also in the Kehal Am,
and praise Him in the moshav zekenim (council of the elders).^{Verse 33}He turneth neharot (rivers) into a midbar,
and the springs of water into dry ground;
^{Verse 34}An eretz p'ri (fruitful land) into salt wasteland,
because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
^{Verse 35}He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim,
and dry ground into springs of water.
^{Verse 36}And there He maketh the hungry to dwell,
that they may found an ir moshav (an inhabited city);
^{Verse 37}And sow the sadot, and plant kramim,
and acquire p'ri tevu'ah (fruits of increase).
^{Verse 38}He made a brocha on them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
and He doth not permit their behemah to decrease.^{Verse 39}Again, they are diminished and brought low through otzer (oppression),
ra'ah (calamity, peril, trouble) and yagon (sorrow, grief).
^{Verse 40}He poureth contempt upon nedivim (nobles),
and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no derech.
^{Verse 41}Yet setteth He the evyon (needy) up above oni (affliction),
and maketh him mishpekhot like a tzon (flock).
^{Verse 42}The yesharim (upright ones) shall see it, and rejoice with simchah;
and all iniquity shall shut its mouth.^{Verse 43}Whosoever is chacham, and will be shomer over these things,
even they shall understand the chasdei Hashem(lovingkindnesses ofHashem).