Book Five (Psalms 107-150) "Concerning God and His Word"


1:   O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2:   Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3:   And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

4:   They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5:   Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6:   Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,

and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7:   And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8:   Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9:   For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10:   Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11:   Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12:   Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

13:   Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,

and he saved them out of their distresses.
14:   He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

15:   Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16:   For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

17:   Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18:   Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

19:   Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,

and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20:   He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

21:   Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22:   And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

23:   They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24:   These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25:   For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26:   They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27:   They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

28:   Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,

and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29:   He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30:   Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

31:   Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32:   Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33:   He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34:   A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35:   He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36:   And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37:   And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38:   He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39:   Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40:   He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

41:   Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

42:   The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43:   Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.