Psalms 107–150
Thanksgiving for Deliverance
Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25
1O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.+ 2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,+ 3And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.+ 4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.+ 5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.+ 6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,+ 7He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.+ 8Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!+ 9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.+ 10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,+ 11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:+ 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.+ 13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.+ 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.+ 15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!+ 16For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.+ 17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.+ 18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.+ 19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.+ 20He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth [them] from their destructions.+ 21Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!+ 22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.+ 23They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;+ 24These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.+ 25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.+ 26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.+ 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.+ 28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.+ 29He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.+ 30Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.+ 31Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!+ 32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.+ 33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;+ 34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.+ 35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.+ 36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,+ 37And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.+ 38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.+ 39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.+ 40He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.+ 41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.+ 42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.+ 43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.+