Psalms 107–150
Thanksgiving for Deliverance
Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25
1O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.+ 2Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;+ 3Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.+ 4They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.+ 5Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.+ 6Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;+ 7Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.+ 8Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!+ 9He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.+ 10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;+ 11Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:+ 12So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.+ 13Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.+ 14He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.+ 15Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!+ 16The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.+ 17Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;+ 18They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.+ 19Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.+ 20He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.+ 21Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!+ 22Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.+ 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;+ 24They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.+ 25For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.+ 26The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.+ 27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.+ 28Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.+ 29He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.+ 30Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.+ 31Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!+ 32Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.+ 33He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;+ 34He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.+ 35He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.+ 36And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;+ 37And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.+ 38He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.+ 39And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,+ 40He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.+ 41But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.+ 42The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.+ 43Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.+