Chapter 107

  O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.  

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  Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,  

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  And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.  

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  They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.  

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  Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.  

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  Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,  

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  He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.  

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  Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!  

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  For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.  

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  Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,  

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  Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:  

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  Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.  

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  Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.  

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  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.  

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  Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!  

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  For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.  

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  Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.  

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  Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.  

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  Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.  

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  He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth [them] from their destructions.  

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  Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!  

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  And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.  

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  They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;  

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  These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.  

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  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.  

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  They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.  

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  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.  

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  Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.  

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  He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.  

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  Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.  

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  Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!  

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  Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.  

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  He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;  

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  A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.  

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  He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.  

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  And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,  

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  And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.  

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  He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.  

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  Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.  

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  He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.  

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  Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.  

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  The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.  

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  Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah. Psalm 108 A Song, A Psalm of David.  

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