Thursday, November 24, 2005
Let Them Give Thanks
Psalm 107
- Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
- Let the redeemed of the LORD say so whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
- And gathered from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; they did not find a way to an inhabited city.
- They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
- Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
- He led them also by a straight way, to go to an inhabited city.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men!
- For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
- There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains,
- Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
- Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; they stumbled and there was none to help.
- Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
- He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men!
- For He has shattered gates of bronze, and cut bars of iron asunder.
- Fools, because of their rebellious way, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
- Their soul abhorred all kinds of food; and they drew near to the gates of death.
- Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
- He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men!
- Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of His works with joyful singing.
- Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters;
- They have seen the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
- For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
- They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; their soul melted away in their misery.
- They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, and were at their wits' end.
- Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.
- He caused the storm to be still, so that the waves of the sea were hushed.
- Then they were glad because they were quiet; so He guided them to their desired haven.
- Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men!
- Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, and praise Him at the seat of the elders.
- He changes rivers into a wilderness, and springs of water into a thirsty ground;
- A fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- He changes a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water;
- And there He makes the hungry to dwell, so that they may establish an inhabited city,
- And sow fields, and plant vineyards, and gather a fruitful harvest.
- Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly; and He does not let their cattle decrease.
- When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, misery, and sorrow,
- He pours contempt upon princes, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
- But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, and makes his families like a flock.
- The upright see it, and are glad; but all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.
- Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things; and consider the lovingkindnesss of the LORD.
