Psalms 107

1A canticle of a psalm for David himself.

1O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

2My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.

2Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;

3Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.

3Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

4I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

4They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

5For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.

5Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth:

6Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

7That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.

7Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

8God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

8Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

9Galaad is mine: and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king:

9He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

10Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.

10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

11Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

11Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

12Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off ? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

12So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

13O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

13Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

14Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

14He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

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15Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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16The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

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17Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

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18They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

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19Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

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20He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.

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21Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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22Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.

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23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

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24They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

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25For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

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26The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

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27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

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28Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

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29He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

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30Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

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31Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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32Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.

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33He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;

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34He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

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35He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

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36And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

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37And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

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38He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

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39And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

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40He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

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41But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

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42The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

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43Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.