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Psalms
107
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1
Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
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Psalms
107
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2
Let the people the LORD defended repeat these words. They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
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Psalms
107
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3
and gathered from other countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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Psalms
107
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4
They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city.
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Psalms
107
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5
They were hungry and thirsty. They began to lose hope.
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Psalms
107
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6
In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He rescued them from their troubles.
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Psalms
107
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7
He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city.
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Psalms
107
:
8
Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Psalms
107
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9
He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food.
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Psalms
107
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10
Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
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Psalms
107
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11
because they had rebelled against God's words and had despised the advice given by the Most High.
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Psalms
107
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12
So he humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them.
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Psalms
107
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13
In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He saved them from their troubles.
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Psalms
107
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14
He brought them out of the dark, out of death's shadow. He broke apart their chains.
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Psalms
107
:
15
Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Psalms
107
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16
He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.
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Psalms
107
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17
Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes.
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Psalms
107
:
18
All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.
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Psalms
107
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19
In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He saved them from their troubles.
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Psalms
107
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20
He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave.
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Psalms
107
:
21
Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Psalms
107
:
22
Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.
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Psalms
107
:
23
Those who sail on the sea in ships, who do business on the high seas,
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Psalms
107
:
24
have seen what the LORD can do, the miracles he performed in the depths of the sea.
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Psalms
107
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25
He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high.
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Psalms
107
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26
The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage melted in [the face of] disaster.
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Psalms
107
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27
They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
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Psalms
107
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28
In their distress they cried out to the LORD. He led them from their troubles.
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Psalms
107
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29
He made the storm calm down, and the waves became still.
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Psalms
107
:
30
The sailors were glad that the storm was quiet. He guided them to the harbor they had longed for.
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Psalms
107
:
31
Let them give thanks to the LORD because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam's descendants.
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Psalms
107
:
32
Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders.
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Psalms
107
:
33
He changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground,
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Psalms
107
:
34
and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
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Psalms
107
:
35
He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs.
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Psalms
107
:
36
There he settles those who are hungry, and they build cities to live in.
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Psalms
107
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37
They plant in fields and vineyards that produce crops.
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Psalms
107
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38
He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.
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Psalms
107
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39
They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow.
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Psalms
107
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40
He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.
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Psalms
107
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41
But now he lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.
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Psalms
107
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42
Decent people will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked people will shut their mouths.
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Psalms
107
:
43
Let those who [think] they are wise pay attention to these things so that they may understand the LORD's blessings.