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, for his loving kindness endures forever.+ 2Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has 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 to live in.+ 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.+ 6Then they cried to the LORD 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 to live in.+ 8Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!+ 9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.+ 10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,+ 11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.+ 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour. They fell down, and there was no one to help.+ 13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.+ 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.+ 15Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!+ 16For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.+ 17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.+ 18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.+ 19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.+ 20He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.+ 21Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!+ 22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.+ 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,+ 24these see the LORD’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.+ 25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.+ 26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.+ 27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.+ 28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.+ 29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.+ 30Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.+ 31Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for 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 turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,+ 34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.+ 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.+ 36There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,+ 37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.+ 38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.+ 39Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.+ 40He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.+ 41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.+ 42The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.+ 43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.+