Psalm 107
Thanksgiving for Deliverance
(Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25)
¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
³ and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.1
⁴ Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
⁵ They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
⁶ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
⁸ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
⁹ For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
¹² He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
¹³ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
¹⁶ For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
¹⁷ Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
¹⁸ They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
¹⁹ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
²⁰ He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
²¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
²² Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
²³ Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
²⁵ For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
²⁶ They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
²⁷ They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.2
²⁸ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
²⁹ He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea 3 were hushed.
³⁰ They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
³¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
³² Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.
³³ He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
³⁵ He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
³⁶ He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
³⁷ They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
³⁸ He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
³⁹ When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
⁴⁰ He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
⁴¹ But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
⁴² The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
⁴³ Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.