BOOK V
(Psalms 107–150)Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

He sent His word and healed them;
He rescued them from the Pit.

Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim
that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe

Let them give thanks to the Lord
for His faithful love
and His wonderful works for all humanity.

For He has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.

Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast waters.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

Others sat in darkness and gloom—
prisoners in cruel chains—

Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their sins.

He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.

He turns rivers into desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and announce His works with shouts of joy.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and He brought them out of their distress.

He spoke and raised a tempest
that stirred up the waves of the sea.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He rescued them from their distress.

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.

He turns a desert into a pool of water,
dry land into springs of water.

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.

Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people
and praise Him in the council of the elders.

and has gathered them from the lands—
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south.

For He has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.

Let them give thanks to the Lord
for His faithful love
and His wonderful works for all humanity.

They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.

He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Let them give thanks to the Lord
for His faithful love
and His wonderful works for all humanity.

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.

Let them give thanks to the Lord
for His faithful love
and His wonderful works for all humanity.

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.

The upright see it and rejoice,
and all injustice shuts its mouth.

He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.

They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed within them.

They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
He does not let their livestock decrease.

When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,

Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage melting away in anguish,

They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.

He broke their spirits with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.

They saw the Lord’s works,
His wonderful works in the deep.