1 'Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness:' 2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say, Whom He redeemed from the hand of an adversary. 3 And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea. 4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found. 5 Hungry — yea — thirsty, Their soul in them becometh feeble, 6 And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress He delivereth them, 7 And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation. 8 They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. 9 For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled [with] goodness. 10 Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron, 11 Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised. 12 And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper. 13 And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them. 14 He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away. 15 They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. 16 For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut. 17 Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves. 18 All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death, 19 And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them, 20 He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions. 21 They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, 22 And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing. 23 Those going down [to] the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters, 24 They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep. 25 And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows, 26 They go up [to] the heavens, they go down [to] the depths, Their soul in evil is melted. 27 They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up. 28 And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out. 29 He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows. 30 And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire. 31 They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, 32 And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him. 33 He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land. 34 A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants. 35 He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters. 36 And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation. 37 And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase. 38 And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish. 39 And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow. 40 He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy — no way. 41 And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock. 42 The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth. 43 Who [is] wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!
Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 107 Young's Literal Translation
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 106:1; 2 Chronicles 7:3; Psalm 105:1; Psalm 100:5
- 2 1 Peter 1:18–19; Luke 1:74; Galatians 3:13; Psalm 106:10; Psalm 31:5
- 3 Psalm 106:47; Isaiah 43:5–6; Jeremiah 29:14; Revelation 5:9; Ezekiel 36:24
- 4 Deuteronomy 32:10; Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 34:12; Numbers 14:33; Genesis 21:14–16
- 5 Mark 8:2–3; Isaiah 44:12; 1 Samuel 30:11–12; Judges 15:18–19; Lamentations 2:19
- 6 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 91:15; Jeremiah 29:12–14; Hebrews 4:15–16; Psalm 107:19
- 7 Jeremiah 31:9; Hebrews 11:9–10; Ezra 8:21–23; Psalm 77:20; Hebrews 12:22
- 8 Psalm 107:31; Psalm 147:1; Daniel 4:2–3; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 107:21
- 9 Matthew 5:6; Jeremiah 31:25; Psalm 34:10; Luke 1:53; Psalm 146:7
- 10 Luke 1:79; Micah 7:8; Matthew 4:16; Isaiah 42:7; Romans 6:20–21
- 11 Psalm 106:43; Psalm 78:40; Romans 1:28; Proverbs 1:25; 1 Samuel 2:5–8
- 12 Psalm 22:11; Exodus 5:18–19; Exodus 2:23; Luke 15:14–17; Isaiah 51:23
- 13 Psalm 107:28; Psalm 107:6; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:6–10; Psalm 18:6
- 14 Isaiah 42:16; Psalm 116:16; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Peter 2:9; Zechariah 9:11–12
- 15 Psalm 107:21; Psalm 107:31; Psalm 116:17–19; Psalm 107:8
- 16 Isaiah 45:1–2; Judges 16:3; Micah 2:13
- 17 Lamentations 3:39; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 38:1–8; Isaiah 65:6–7; Psalm 14:1
- 18 Psalm 9:13; Psalm 88:3; Job 33:19–22; Isaiah 38:10; Job 38:17
- 19 Psalm 34:4–6; Psalm 78:34–35; Jeremiah 33:3; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:6
- 20 Matthew 8:8; Psalm 103:3–4; Psalm 147:15; Psalm 147:3; 2 Kings 20:4–5
- 21 Psalm 107:8; Luke 17:18; Psalm 107:31; Psalm 107:15; Psalm 66:5
- 22 Psalm 50:14; Psalm 9:11; Psalm 118:17; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 116:17
- 23 Psalm 48:7; Revelation 18:17; Isaiah 42:10; Ezekiel 27:26; Acts 27:9–28
- 24 Psalm 95:5; Job 38:8–11; Psalm 104:24–27
- 25 Jonah 1:4; Matthew 8:24; Psalm 148:8; Psalm 93:3; Psalm 105:34
- 26 Psalm 22:14; Psalm 119:28; Nahum 2:10; Isaiah 13:7; 2 Samuel 17:10
- 27 Job 12:25; Isaiah 19:14; Isaiah 29:9; Isaiah 19:3; Acts 27:15–20
- 28 Matthew 8:25; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:6; Acts 27:23–25
- 29 Matthew 8:26; Psalm 65:7; Luke 8:23–25; Psalm 89:9; Mark 4:39–41
- 30 John 6:21
- 31 Psalm 103:2; Psalm 107:8; Psalm 107:21; Psalm 107:15; Revelation 15:3
- 32 Psalm 22:25; Psalm 22:22; Psalm 99:5; Psalm 46:10; Psalm 119:46
- 33 Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 50:2; Amos 4:7–8; Zephaniah 2:9; Isaiah 44:27
- 34 Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:3; Deuteronomy 29:23–28; Ezekiel 47:11; Genesis 13:13
- 35 Psalm 114:8; Isaiah 35:6–7; Isaiah 41:17–19; Isaiah 44:3–5; 2 Kings 3:16–20
- 36 Luke 1:53; Psalm 107:7; Acts 17:26; Psalm 146:7
- 37 1 Corinthians 3:7; 2 Corinthians 9:10; Isaiah 37:30; Jeremiah 29:5; Zechariah 8:12
- 38 Exodus 1:7; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:20; Deuteronomy 7:14; Psalm 128:1–6
- 39 Exodus 2:23–24; 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Chronicles 15:5–6; 2 Kings 14:26; Judges 6:3–6
- 40 Job 12:24; Job 12:21; Daniel 4:33; Isaiah 23:8–9; Jeremiah 13:15–18
- 41 1 Samuel 2:8; Job 21:11; Esther 8:15–17; 1 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 49:20–22
- 42 Job 22:19; Psalm 63:11; Romans 3:19; Psalm 52:6; Job 5:15–16
- 43 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 64:9; Jeremiah 9:12; Ephesians 3:18–19; Daniel 10:12
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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).
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“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).
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)
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)
… 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)