Psalm 107:1-32

Common English Bible

⁴ Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland.
    They couldn’t find their way to a city or town.
⁵ They were hungry and thirsty;
    their lives were slipping away.
⁶ So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,
    and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.
⁷     God led them straight to human habitation.
⁸ Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and his wondrous works for all people,
⁹     because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst,
    and he filled up the hungry with good things!

¹⁰ Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom;
    they were prisoners suffering in chains
¹¹     because they had disobeyed God’s instructions
    and rejected the Most High’s plans.
¹² So God humbled them with hard work.
    They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.
¹³ So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,
    and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
¹⁴ God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom;
    he shattered their chains.
¹⁵ Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and his wondrous works for all people,
¹⁶     because God has shattered bronze doors
    and split iron bars in two!

¹⁷ Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways.
    They suffered because of their wickedness.
¹⁸ They had absolutely no appetite for food;
    they had arrived at death’s gates.
¹⁹ So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,
    and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
²⁰ God gave the order and healed them;
    he rescued them from their pit.
²¹ Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and his wondrous works for all people.
²² Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and declare what God has done in songs of joy!

²³ Some of the redeemed had gone out on the ocean in ships,
    making their living on the high seas.
²⁴ They saw what the Lord had made;
    they saw his wondrous works in the depths of the sea.
²⁵ God spoke and stirred up a storm
    that brought the waves up high.
²⁶ The waves went as high as the sky;
    they crashed down to the depths.
The sailors’ courage melted at this terrible situation.
²⁷     They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk.
    None of their skill was of any help.
²⁸ So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,
    and God brought them out safe from their desperate circumstances.
²⁹ God quieted the storm to a whisper;
    the sea’s waves were hushed.
³⁰ So they rejoiced because the waves had calmed down;
    then God led them to the harbor they were hoping for.
³¹ Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and his wondrous works for all people.
³² Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people
    and praise God in the assembly of the elders.