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Psalms.
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Chapter 107.
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
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and gathered 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 desert way. They found no city to live in.
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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
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He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
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Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
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Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
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because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
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Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
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Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
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Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
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Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
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Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
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He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
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Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
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these see the LORD’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
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For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
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They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
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They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
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He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
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Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
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Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
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Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
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He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
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and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
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He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
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There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
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sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
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He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
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Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
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He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
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Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
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The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
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Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.
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