<TITLE>Psalms 107</TITLE><BR>Psalms 107 <BR>1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.<BR>2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;<BR>3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.<BR>4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.<BR>5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.<BR>6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.<BR>7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.<BR>8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<BR>9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.<BR>10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;<BR>11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:<BR>12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.<BR>13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.<BR>14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.<BR>15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<BR>16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.<BR>17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.<BR>18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.<BR>19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.<BR>20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.<BR>21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<BR>22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.<BR>23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;<BR>24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.<BR>25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.<BR>26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.<BR>27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.<BR>28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.<BR>29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.<BR>30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.<BR>31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<BR>32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.<BR>33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;<BR>34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<BR>35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.<BR>36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;<BR>37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.<BR>38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.<BR>39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.<BR>40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.<BR>41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.<BR>42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.<BR>43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.<BR><BR><BR>