BOOK V

Psalms 107–150

Thanksgiving for Deliverance

1(106:1) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

2(106:2) Let them say so who have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3(106:3) and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, and west, and north, and south.

4(106:4) They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation.

5(106:5) Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6(106:6) Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7(106:7) And he guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8(106:8) Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

9(106:9) For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

10(106:10) even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;

11(106:11) because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High.

12(106:12) So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper.

13(106:13) Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.

14(106:14) And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder.

15(106:15) Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonders to the children of men.

16(106:16) For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.

17(106:17) He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities.

18(106:18) Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of death.

19(106:19) Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.

20(106:20) He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them out of their destructions.

21(106:21) Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

22(106:22) And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim this works with exultation.

23(106:23) They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters;

24(106:24) these men have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

25(106:25) He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, and its waves are lifted up.

26(106:26) They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles.

27(106:27) They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

28(106:28) Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and he brings them out of their distresses.

29(106:29) And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.

30(106:30) And they are glad, because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desire haven.

31(106:31) Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

32(106:32) Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

33(106:33) He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land;

34(106:34) a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.

35(106:35) He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water.

36(106:36) And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation.

37(106:37) And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase.

38(106:38) And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle.

39(106:39) Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.

40(106:40) Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.

41(106:41) But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.

42(106:42) The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43(106:43) Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord?