Salmo 107

¹ Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. ² Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor, ³ And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea. ⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation; ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them: ⁶ Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, ⁷ And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. ⁸ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; ⁹ For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.

¹⁰ Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron, ¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the words of *God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ... ¹² And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help: ¹³ Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses; ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; ¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

¹⁷ Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted; ¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death: ¹⁹ Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses; ²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions. ²¹ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men, ²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.

²³ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, ²⁴ These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: ²⁶ They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble; ²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end: ²⁸ Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses; ²⁹ He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still: ³⁰ And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven. ³¹ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; ³² Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.

³³ He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground; ³⁴ A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. ³⁵ He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs; ³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation; ³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase; ³⁸ And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. ³⁹ And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow: ⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; ⁴¹ But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh him families like flocks. ⁴² The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth. ⁴³ Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.