Psalms, 107

1. Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, his faithful love lasts for ever.

1. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

2. So let them say whom Yahweh redeemed, whom he redeemed from the power of their enemies,

2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

3. bringing them back from foreign lands, from east and west, north and south.

3. and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

4. They were wandering in the desert, in the wastelands, could find no way to an inhabited city;

4. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;

5. they were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.

5. hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.

6. They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,

6. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

7. he set them on the road, straight to an inhabited city.

7. he led them by a straight way, till they reached a city to dwell in.

8. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

8. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

9. He has fed the hungry to their hearts' content, filled the starving with good things.

9. For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

10. Sojourners in gloom and shadow dark as death, fettered in misery and chains,

10. Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in affliction and in irons,

11. for defying the orders of Yahweh, for scorning the plan of the Most High-

11. for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

12. he subdued their spirit by hard labour; if they fell there was no one to help.

12. Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.

13. They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,

13. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

14. he brought them out from gloom and shadow dark as death, and shattered their chains.

14. he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.

15. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

15. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

16. He broke open gates of bronze and smashed iron bars.

16. For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17. Fools for their rebellious ways, wretched because of their sins,

17. Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

18. finding all food repugnant, brought close to the gates of death-

18. they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

19. they cried out to Yahweh in their distress; he rescued them from their plight,

19. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

20. he sent out his word and cured them, and rescued their life from the abyss.

20. he sent forth his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.

21. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

21. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

22. Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and recount with shouts of joy what he has done!

22. And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

23. Voyagers on the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,

23. Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

24. have seen the works of Yahweh, his wonders in the deep.

24. they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.

25. By his word he raised a storm-wind, lashing up towering waves.

25. For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26. Up to the sky then down to the depths! Their stomachs were turned to water;

26. They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;

27. they staggered and reeled like drunkards, and all their skill went under.

27. they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end.

28. They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,

28. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

29. he reduced the storm to a calm, and all the waters subsided,

29. he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30. and he brought them, overjoyed at the stillness, to the port where they were bound.

30. Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

31. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

31. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

32. Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of elders.

32. Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33. He has turned rivers into desert, bubbling springs into arid ground,

33. He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

34. fertile country into salt-flats, because the people living there were evil.

34. a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

35. But he has turned desert into stretches of water, arid ground into bubbling springs,

35. He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.

36. and has given the hungry a home, where they have built themselves a city.

36. And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;

37. There they sow fields and plant vines, and reap a harvest of their produce.

37. they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.

38. He blesses them and their numbers increase, he keeps their cattle at full strength.

38. By his blessing they multiply greatly; and he does not let their cattle decrease.

39. Their numbers had fallen, they had grown weak, under pressure of disaster and hardship;

39. When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

40. he covered princes in contempt, left them to wander in trackless wastes.

40. he pours contempt upon princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

41. But the needy he raises from their misery, makes their families as numerous as sheep.

41. but he raises up the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like flocks.

42. At the sight the honest rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.

42. The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.

43. Who is wise? Such a one should take this to heart, and come to understand Yahweh's faithful love.

43. Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; let men consider the steadfast love of the LORD.