Psalms 107 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Book V(Psalms 107—150)Psalm 107Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles

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4 through their sinful ways

and because of their iniquities endured affliction;

18 Job 33.20, 22; Ps 9.13; 88.3 they loathed any kind of food,

and they drew near to the gates of death.

19Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he saved them from their distress;

20 Ps 30.2; 103.3; Mt 8.8 he sent out his word and healed them

and delivered them from destruction.

21Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to humankind.

22 Lev 7.12; Ps 9.11; 50.14; 73.28; 118.17 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices

and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.

23Some went down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the mighty waters;

24they saw the deeds of the Lord,

his wondrous works in the deep.

25 Ps 93.3, 4; 105.31, 34; Jon 1.4 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,

which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26 Ps 22.14; 119.28 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;

their courage melted away in their calamity;

27 Job 12.25 they reeled and staggered like drunkards

and were at their wits’ end.

28Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

and he brought them out from their distress;

29 Ps 89.9; Mt 8.26 he made the storm be still,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30Then they were glad because they had quiet,

and he brought them to their desired haven.

31 vv 8, 15, 21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wonderful works to humankind.

32 Ps 22.22, 25; 35.18 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people

and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33 Ps 74.15 He turns rivers into a desert,

springs of water into thirsty ground,

34 Gen 13.10; 14.3; 19.25 a fruitful land into a salty waste,

because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

35 Ps 114.8; Isa 41.18 He turns a desert into pools of water,

a parched land into springs of water.

36And there he lets the hungry live,

and they establish a town to live in;

37 Isa 65.21 they sow fields and plant vineyards

and get a fruitful yield.

38 Gen 12.2; 17.16, 20; Ex 1.7 By his blessing they multiply greatly,

and he does not let their cattle decrease.

39 Ps 57.6; Ezek 5.11 When they are diminished and brought low

through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

40 Job 12.21, 24 he pours contempt on princes

and makes them wander in trackless wastes,

41 1 Sam 2.8; Ps 113.7–9 but he raises up the needy out of distress

and makes their families like flocks.

42 Job 5.16; 22.19; Ps 52.6; 63.11; Rom 3.19 The upright see it and are glad,

and all wickedness stops its mouth.

43 Ps 64.9; Jer 9.12; Hos 14.9 Let those who are wise pay attention to these things

and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.