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O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
107-2: |
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; |
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And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. |
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They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. |
107-5: |
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
107-6: |
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. |
107-7: |
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. |
107-8: |
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
107-9: |
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. |
107-10: |
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; |
107-11: |
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: |
107-12: |
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. |
107-13: |
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. |
107-14: |
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. |
107-15: |
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
107-16: |
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. |
107-17: |
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. |
107-18: |
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. |
107-19: |
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. |
107-20: |
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. |
107-21: |
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
107-22: |
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. |
107-23: |
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; |
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These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. |
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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. |
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They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. |
107-27: |
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. |
107-28: |
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. |
107-29: |
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. |
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Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. |
107-31: |
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
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Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. |
107-33: |
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; |
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A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. |
107-35: |
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. |
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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; |
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And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. |
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
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Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. |
107-40: |
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. |
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Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. |
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The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. |
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Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. |