Psalms 107–150
Thanksgiving for Deliverance
Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25
1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.+ 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy+ 3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.+ 4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.+ 5They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.+ 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.+ 7He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.+ 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.+ 9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.+ 10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,+ 11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.+ 12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.+ 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.+ 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.+ 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.+ 16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.+ 17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.+ 18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.+ 19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.+ 20He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.+ 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.+ 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.+ 23Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.+ 24They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.+ 25For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.+ 26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.+ 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.+ 28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.+ 29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.+ 30They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.+ 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.+ 32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.+ 33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,+ 34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.+ 35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.+ 36He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.+ 37They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.+ 38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.+ 39When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,+ 40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.+ 41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.+ 42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.+ 43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.+