BOOK 5

¹Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good ,[#107:1 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “”, usually pronounced Yahweh).]

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,[#107:11 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “” (Elohim).]

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 .