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Psalm 107 Majority Standard Bible

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1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
3 and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
3 and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
7 He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
11 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
12 He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
17 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
19 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
20 He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
23 Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
24 They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
24 these see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
29 He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
30 They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
30 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.
32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
33 He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
33 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
36 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
37 They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
37 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
39 When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40 He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
43 Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.
Cross references (43)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 106:1; 2 Chronicles 7:3; Psalm 105:1; Psalm 100:5
  2. 2 1 Peter 1:18–19; Luke 1:74; Galatians 3:13; Psalm 106:10; Psalm 31:5
  3. 3 Psalm 106:47; Isaiah 43:5–6; Jeremiah 29:14; Revelation 5:9; Ezekiel 36:24
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 32:10; Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 34:12; Numbers 14:33; Genesis 21:14–16
  5. 5 Mark 8:2–3; Isaiah 44:12; 1 Samuel 30:11–12; Judges 15:18–19; Lamentations 2:19
  6. 6 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 91:15; Jeremiah 29:12–14; Hebrews 4:15–16; Psalm 107:19
  7. 7 Jeremiah 31:9; Hebrews 11:9–10; Ezra 8:21–23; Psalm 77:20; Hebrews 12:22
  8. 8 Psalm 107:31; Psalm 147:1; Daniel 4:2–3; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 107:21
  9. 9 Matthew 5:6; Jeremiah 31:25; Psalm 34:10; Luke 1:53; Psalm 146:7
  10. 10 Luke 1:79; Micah 7:8; Matthew 4:16; Isaiah 42:7; Romans 6:20–21
  11. 11 Psalm 106:43; Psalm 78:40; Romans 1:28; Proverbs 1:25; 1 Samuel 2:5–8
  12. 12 Psalm 22:11; Exodus 5:18–19; Exodus 2:23; Luke 15:14–17; Isaiah 51:23
  13. 13 Psalm 107:28; Psalm 107:6; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:6–10; Psalm 18:6
  14. 14 Isaiah 42:16; Psalm 116:16; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Peter 2:9; Zechariah 9:11–12
  15. 15 Psalm 107:21; Psalm 107:31; Psalm 116:17–19; Psalm 107:8
  16. 16 Isaiah 45:1–2; Judges 16:3; Micah 2:13
  17. 17 Lamentations 3:39; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 38:1–8; Isaiah 65:6–7; Psalm 14:1
  18. 18 Psalm 9:13; Psalm 88:3; Job 33:19–22; Isaiah 38:10; Job 38:17
  19. 19 Psalm 34:4–6; Psalm 78:34–35; Jeremiah 33:3; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:6
  20. 20 Matthew 8:8; Psalm 103:3–4; Psalm 147:15; Psalm 147:3; 2 Kings 20:4–5
  21. 21 Psalm 107:8; Luke 17:18; Psalm 107:31; Psalm 107:15; Psalm 66:5
  22. 22 Psalm 50:14; Psalm 9:11; Psalm 118:17; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 116:17
  23. 23 Psalm 48:7; Revelation 18:17; Isaiah 42:10; Ezekiel 27:26; Acts 27:9–28
  24. 24 Psalm 95:5; Job 38:8–11; Psalm 104:24–27
  25. 25 Jonah 1:4; Matthew 8:24; Psalm 148:8; Psalm 93:3; Psalm 105:34
  26. 26 Psalm 22:14; Psalm 119:28; Nahum 2:10; Isaiah 13:7; 2 Samuel 17:10
  27. 27 Job 12:25; Isaiah 19:14; Isaiah 29:9; Isaiah 19:3; Acts 27:15–20
  28. 28 Matthew 8:25; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:6; Acts 27:23–25
  29. 29 Matthew 8:26; Psalm 65:7; Luke 8:23–25; Psalm 89:9; Mark 4:39–41
  30. 30 John 6:21
  31. 31 Psalm 103:2; Psalm 107:8; Psalm 107:21; Psalm 107:15; Revelation 15:3
  32. 32 Psalm 22:25; Psalm 22:22; Psalm 99:5; Psalm 46:10; Psalm 119:46
  33. 33 Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 50:2; Amos 4:7–8; Zephaniah 2:9; Isaiah 44:27
  34. 34 Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:3; Deuteronomy 29:23–28; Ezekiel 47:11; Genesis 13:13
  35. 35 Psalm 114:8; Isaiah 35:6–7; Isaiah 41:17–19; Isaiah 44:3–5; 2 Kings 3:16–20
  36. 36 Luke 1:53; Psalm 107:7; Acts 17:26; Psalm 146:7
  37. 37 1 Corinthians 3:7; 2 Corinthians 9:10; Isaiah 37:30; Jeremiah 29:5; Zechariah 8:12
  38. 38 Exodus 1:7; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:20; Deuteronomy 7:14; Psalm 128:1–6
  39. 39 Exodus 2:23–24; 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Chronicles 15:5–6; 2 Kings 14:26; Judges 6:3–6
  40. 40 Job 12:24; Job 12:21; Daniel 4:33; Isaiah 23:8–9; Jeremiah 13:15–18
  41. 41 1 Samuel 2:8; Job 21:11; Esther 8:15–17; 1 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 49:20–22
  42. 42 Job 22:19; Psalm 63:11; Romans 3:19; Psalm 52:6; Job 5:15–16
  43. 43 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 64:9; Jeremiah 9:12; Ephesians 3:18–19; Daniel 10:12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CVI)

    This Psalm also hath the title Allelujah prefixed to it: and this twice. But some say, that one Allelujah belongeth to the end of the former Psalm, the other to the beginning of this.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 107:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXVI)

    How then were "the gates of brass burst, and the bars of iron broken in sunder"? By His body; for then first was a body shown, immortal, and destroying the tyranny of death.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 107:20 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book IV, Chapters XVII–XVIII)

    … through an instrument or a servant, but as through His essential and hypostatic Word and Wisdom and Power, because but one action is observed in Father and Son, as for example, All things were made by Him, and He sent His Word and healed them, and That they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)