Psalm 107

1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
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2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
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3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
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4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
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5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
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7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
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8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
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10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
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11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
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12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.
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13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
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14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
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15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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16 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
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17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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18 Their soul abhors all manner of meat; and they draw near to the gates of death.
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19 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
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20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
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23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
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24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
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25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof.
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26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
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27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
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28 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.
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29 He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
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30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.
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31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
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33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the springs into dry ground;
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34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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35 He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs.
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36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
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37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
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38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.
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39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
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41 Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.
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42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the LORD.
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