1901 American Standard Version (ASV)
Psalms 107
1 The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, in praising God, to observe his manifold providence, 4 over travelers, 10 over captives, 17 over sick men, 23 over seamen, 33 and in divers varieties of life.

107:1 ¶
O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.

107:2
Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

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And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

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Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

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He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.

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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.

107:10
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

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Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

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Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.

107:15
Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

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Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

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Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.

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He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth [them] from their destructions.

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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.

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They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;

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These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.

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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

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They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.

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Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

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Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

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A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.

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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,

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And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.

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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

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Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

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He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

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Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.

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The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

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Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.