Read Good News Bible Psalms 107 Bible Online

Psalms 107 - Good News Bible bible

Psalms 107

¹"Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good; his love is eternal!"

²Repeat these words in praise to the LORD, all you whom he has saved. He has rescued you from your enemies

³and has brought you back from foreign countries, from east and west, from north and south.

⁴Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.

⁵They were hungry and thirsty and had given up all hope.

⁶Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.

⁷He led them by a straight road to a city where they could live.

⁸They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

⁹He satisfies those who are thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

¹⁰Some were living in gloom and darkness, prisoners suffering in chains,

¹¹because they had rebelled against the commands of Almighty God and had rejected his instructions.

¹²They were worn out from hard work; they would fall down, and no one would help.

¹³Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.

¹⁴He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains in pieces.

¹⁵They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

¹⁶He breaks down doors of bronze and smashes iron bars.

¹⁷Some were fools, suffering because of their sins and because of their evil;

¹⁸they couldn't stand the sight of food and were close to death.

¹⁹Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.

²⁰He healed them with his command and saved them from the grave.

²¹They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

²²They must thank him with sacrifices, and with songs of joy must tell all that he has done.

²³Some sailed over the ocean in ships, earning their living on the seas.

²⁴They saw what the LORD can do, his wonderful acts on the seas.

²⁵He commanded, and a mighty wind began to blow and stirred up the waves.

²⁶The ships were lifted high in the air and plunged down into the depths. In such danger the sailors lost their courage;

²⁷they stumbled and staggered like drunks--- all their skill was useless.

²⁸Then in their trouble they called to the LORD, and he saved them from their distress.

²⁹He calmed the raging storm, and the waves became quiet.

³⁰They were glad because of the calm, and he brought them safe to the port they wanted.

³¹They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

³²They must proclaim his greatness in the assembly of the people and praise him before the council of the leaders.

³³The LORD made rivers dry up completely and stopped springs from flowing.

³⁴He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

³⁵He changed deserts into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs.

³⁶He let hungry people settle there, and they built a city to live in.

³⁷They sowed the fields and planted grapevines and reaped an abundant harvest.

³⁸He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.

³⁹When God's people were defeated and humiliated by cruel oppression and suffering,

⁴⁰he showed contempt for their oppressors and made them wander in trackless deserts.

⁴¹But he rescued the needy from their misery and made their families increase like flocks.

⁴²The righteous see this and are glad, but all the wicked are put to silence.

⁴³May those who are wise think about these things; may they consider the LORD's constant love.