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107:1  Give thanks to Adonai; for he is good, for his grace continues forever.
107:2  Let those redeemed by Adonai say it, those he redeemed from the power of the foe.
107:3  He gathered them from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
107:4  They wandered in the desert, on paths through the wastes, without finding any inhabited city.
107:5  They were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.
107:6  In their trouble they cried to Adonai, and he rescued them from their distress.
107:7  He led them by a direct path to a city where they could live.
107:8  Let them give thanks to Adonai for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
107:9  For he has satisfied the hungry, filled the starving with good.
107:10  Some lived in darkness, in death-dark gloom, bound in misery and iron chains,
107:11  because they defied God’s word, scorned the counsel of the Most High.
107:12  So he humbled their hearts by hard labor; when they stumbled, no one came to their aid.
107:13  In their trouble they cried to Adonai, and he rescued them from their distress.
107:14  He led them from darkness, from death-dark gloom, shattering their chains.
107:15  Let them give thanks to Adonai for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
107:16  For he shattered bronze doors and cut through iron bars.
107:17  There were foolish people who suffered affliction because of their crimes and sins;
107:18  they couldn’t stand to eat anything; they were near the gates of death.
107:19  In their trouble they cried to Adonai, and he rescued them from their distress;
107:20  he sent his word and healed them, he delivered them from destruction.
107:21  Let them give thanks to Adonai for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
107:22  Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and proclaim his great deeds with songs of joy.
107:23  Those who go down to the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,
107:24  saw the works of Adonai, his wonders in the deep.
107:25  For at his word the storm-wind arose, lifting up towering waves.
107:26  The sailors were raised up to the sky, then plunged into the depths. At the danger, their courage failed them,
107:27  they reeled and staggered like drunk men, and all their skill was swallowed up.
107:28  In their trouble they cried to Adonai, and he rescued them from their distress.
107:29  He silenced the storm and stilled its waves,
107:30  and they rejoiced as the sea grew calm. Then he brought them safely to their desired port.
107:31  Let them give thanks to Adonai for his grace, for his wonders bestowed on humanity!
107:32  Let them extol him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the leaders’ council.
107:33  He turns rivers into desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
107:34  productive land into salt flats, because the people living there are so wicked.
107:35  But he also turns desert into pools of water, dry land into flowing springs;
107:36  there he gives the hungry a home, and they build a city to live in;
107:37  there they sow fields and plant vineyards, which yield an abundant harvest.
107:38  He blesses them, their numbers grow, and he doesn’t let their livestock decrease.
107:39  When their numbers fall, and they grow weak, because of oppression, disaster and sorrow,
107:40  he pours contempt on princes and leaves them to wander in trackless wastes.
107:41  But the needy he raises up from their distress and increases their families like sheep.
107:42  When the upright see this, they rejoice; while the wicked are reduced to silence.
107:43  Let whoever is wise observe these things and consider Adonai’s loving deeds.