Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)
107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
and his loyal love endures! 2
107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, 3
those whom he delivered 4 from the power 5 of the enemy,
107:3 and gathered from foreign lands, 6
from east and west,
from north and south.
107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;
they found no city in which to live.
107:5 They were hungry and thirsty;
they fainted from exhaustion. 7
107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:7 He led them on a level road, 8
that they might find a city in which to live.
107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 9
107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst, 10
and those who hunger he has filled with food. 11
107:10 They sat in utter darkness, 12
bound in painful iron chains, 13
107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands, 14
and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. 15
107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; 16
they stumbled and no one helped them up.
107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, 17
and tore off their shackles.
107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 18
107:16 For he shattered the bronze gates,
and hacked through the iron bars. 19
107:17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, 20
and suffered because of their sins.
107:18 They lost their appetite for all food, 21
and they drew near the gates of death.
107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:20 He sent them an assuring word 22 and healed them;
he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. 23
107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 24
107:22 Let them present thank offerings,
and loudly proclaim what he has done! 25
107:23 26 Some traveled on 27 the sea in ships,
and carried cargo over the vast waters. 28
107:24 They witnessed the acts of the Lord,
his amazing feats on the deep water.
107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm, 29
and it stirred up the waves of the sea. 30
107:26 They 31 reached up to the sky,
then dropped into the depths.
The sailors’ strength 32 left them 33 because the danger was so great. 34
107:27 They swayed 35 and staggered like a drunk,
and all their skill proved ineffective. 36
107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:29 He calmed the storm, 37
and the waves 38 grew silent.
107:30 The sailors 39 rejoiced because the waves 40 grew quiet,
and he led them to the harbor 41 they desired.
107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,
and for the amazing things he has done for people! 42
107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people!
Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! 43
107:33 He turned 44 streams into a desert,
springs of water into arid land,