Thematic Bible
Psalm 107:1 (show verse)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!
Psalm 107:2 (show verse)
Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,
Psalm 107:3 (show verse)
and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Psalm 107:4 (show verse)
They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.
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Psalm 107:5 (show verse)
They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.
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Psalm 107:6 (show verse)
They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalm 107:7 (show verse)
He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.
Psalm 107:8 (show verse)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalm 107:9 (show verse)
For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.
Psalm 107:10 (show verse)
They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
Psalm 107:11 (show verse)
because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.
Psalm 107:12 (show verse)
So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.
Psalm 107:13 (show verse)
They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalm 107:14 (show verse)
He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.
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Psalm 107:15 (show verse)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
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Psalm 107:16 (show verse)
For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.
Psalm 107:17 (show verse)
They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.
Psalm 107:18 (show verse)
They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
Psalm 107:19 (show verse)
They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalm 107:20 (show verse)
He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.
Psalm 107:21 (show verse)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalm 107:22 (show verse)
Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!
Psalm 107:23 (show verse)
Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.
Psalm 107:24 (show verse)
They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water.
Psalm 107:25 (show verse)
He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
Psalm 107:26 (show verse)
They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.
Psalm 107:27 (show verse)
They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
Psalm 107:28 (show verse)
They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Psalm 107:29 (show verse)
He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.
Psalm 107:30 (show verse)
The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.
Psalm 107:31 (show verse)
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
Psalm 107:32 (show verse)
Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!
Psalm 107:33 (show verse)
He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,
Psalm 107:34 (show verse)
and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
Psalm 107:35 (show verse)
As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.
Psalm 107:36 (show verse)
He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.
Psalm 107:37 (show verse)
They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.
Psalm 107:38 (show verse)
He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
Psalm 107:39 (show verse)
As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.
Psalm 107:40 (show verse)
He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
Psalm 107:41 (show verse)
Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
Psalm 107:42 (show verse)
When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.
Psalm 107:43 (show verse)
Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!