BOOK V

Psalms 107–150

Thanksgiving for Deliverance
(Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25)

1Give thanks to YHWH, for He is good,

for His loving devotion is forever!

2Let the redeemed of YHWH say,

whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

3and from the lands He has gathered them—

from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.†

4They wandered in the wilderness, by the way in a desert;

a city for of dwelling they did not find.

5Hungry and thirsty,

their soul in them grew faint.

6And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them;

from their straits He delivered them.

7And He made them tread on a straight path,

to walk toward a city of dwelling.

8Let them give thanks to YHWH for His loving devotion,

and His wonders to the sons of man!

9For He satisfies the rushing soul,

and the hungry soul He fills with goodness.

10They are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death,

prisoners in affliction and irons,

11because they rebelled against the words of God,

and they despised the counsel of the Most High,

12and He humbled with labor their heart;

they fell down, and no one was helping.

13And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them,

and from their straits He saved them.

14He brought them forth from darkness and the shadow of death,

and their bonds He broke away.

15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion,

and His wonders to the sons of man!

16For He has broken down doors of bronze,

and He has cut through bars of iron!

17Fools from the path of their transgression,

and by their iniquities they were afflicted.

18All food their soul abhorred,

and they drew near to the gates of death.

19And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them,

and from their straits He saved them.

20He sent His word and healed them,

and He rescued them from the Pit.

21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion,

and His wonders to the sons of man!

22And let them sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and recount His works with rejoicing!

23Those going down to the sea in ships,

doing business on the great waters,

24they have seen the works of YHWH,

and His wonders in the deep.

25And He spoke and stationed the wind, a tempest,

and it lifted high the waves;

26they went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;

their soul melted in evil.

27They reel and stagger like the drunkard,

and all their wisdom is swallowed up.†

28And they cried out to YHWH in the distress for them,

and from their straits He brought them out.

29He stilled the tempest to a whisper,

and the waves of the sea† were hushed.

30And they rejoiced because they grew quiet,

and He guided them to the haven of their desire.

31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion

and His wonders to the sons of man!

32And let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people,

and in the seat of the elders praise Him!

33He turns rivers into a wilderness,

and outpourings of waters into thirsty ground,

34a land of fruit into salty ground,

from the wickedness of those dwelling in it.

35He turns the desert into pools of water,

and a land of dryness into springs of waters.

36And the hungry He makes to dwell there,

that they may establish a city for a dwelling place.

37And there they sow fields and plant vineyards,

that they may yield the fruit of produce.

38And He blesses them and they multiply exceedingly,

and their cattle He does not let diminish.

39When they are diminished and brought low

from oppression, evil, and sorrow,

40He pours out contempt on nobles,

and causes them to wander in a wasteland without a path.

41And He sets on high for the needy from affliction,

and He places families as a flock.

42Let the upright see and rejoice,

and may all iniquity shut its mouth.

43And him who is wise, let him attend to these things,

and they will consider the loving devotion of YHWH.