Psalms 107

PSALM 107

The LORD Sees the Distress of Men

Alleluiah.

1Make acknowledgment to the lord  for he is gracious, for [²is into ³the ⁴eon   ¹his mercy]! 2Let [⁵speak ¹the ones ²having been ransomed ³by ⁴the lord]! whom he ransomed from out of the hand of the enemy. 3And from out of the places he gathered them; from the east, and west, and north, and the sea. 4They wandered in the wilderness in a waterless way; [³a city ⁴for a home ¹they did not ²find]. 5Hungering and thirsting,   their soul [²in ³them ¹failed]. 6And they cried out to the lord  in   their being afflicted, and from   their distresses he rescued them. 7And he guided them in [²way ¹the straight],   to go into a city of habitation. 8Let them make acknowledgment to the lord    of his mercies, and   of his wonders to the sons   of men! 9For he fills [²soul ¹the empty]; and the soul hungering he filled up with good things; 10even the ones sitting down in darkness and the shadow of death, being shackled in poorness and in iron; 11for they rebelled against the oracles   of God; and the counsel of the highest they provoked. 12And [²was humbled ³with ⁴troubles   ¹their heart]; they weakened and there was no   one helping. 13And they cried out to the lord  in   their being afflicted; and from out of   their distresses he delivered them. 14And he led them from out of darkness and the shadow of death; and   [²their bonds ¹he tore up]. 15Let them make acknowledgment to the lord    of his mercies, and   his wonders to the sons   of men! 16For he broke the gates of brass; and the bars of iron he fractured in pieces. 17He took hold of them from out of the way of their lawlessnesses; for on account of   their lawlessnesses they were humbled. 18[³every ⁴food ²abhorred   ¹Their soul], and they approached unto the gates   of death. 19And they cried out to the lord  in   their being afflicted; and [³from out of   ⁴their distresses ¹he delivered ²them]. 20He sent   his word and healed them; and he rescued them from out of   their corruptions. 21Let them make acknowledgment to the lord    of his mercies, and   his wonders to the sons   of men! 22And let them sacrifice to him a sacrifice of praise! And let them declare   his works in exultation! 23The men  going down into the sea in boats, doing work in [²waters ¹many]; 24these men  beheld the works of the lord, and   his wonders in the deep. 25He spoke, and [³is established ²wind ¹the gale], and [²are raised up high   ¹its waves]. 26They ascend unto the heavens, and they go down unto the abysses;   their soul [²in ³evils ¹melts away]. 27They were disturbed; they were shaken as the one being intoxicated, and all   their wisdom was swallowed down. 28And they cry out to the lord  in   their being afflicted; and [³from out of   ⁴their distresses ¹he leads ²them]. 29And he gave orders to the gale, and it stood as a breeze, and [²were quiet   ¹its waves]. 30And they were glad for they were stilled; and he guided them unto the harbor of their want. 31Let them make acknowledgment to the lord    of his mercies, and   his wonders to the sons   of men! 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of people, and [²in ³the chair ⁴of the elders ¹let them praise him]! 33He put rivers into a wilderness, and outlets of waters into a thirsty ground; 34a ground bearing fruit into brine, from the evils of the ones dwelling in it. 35He made a wilderness into lakes of waters; and [²ground ¹a waterless] into outlets of waters. 36And he settled there ones hungering, and they stood together cities of habitation. 37And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they make fruit of produce. 38And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly, and   [³their cattle ¹he does not ²diminish]. 39And they were made few and were maltreated by the affliction of evils and grief. 40[²was poured out ¹Contempt] upon their rulers, and he wandered them in an untrodden place  and no street. 41But he helps the needy from out of poorness; and he made [²as ³flocks ¹families]. 42[²shall see ¹The upright] and be glad; and all lawlessness shall obstruct   its mouth. 43Who is wise and will guard these things, and perceive the mercies of the lord?