微读圣经

Psalm 107

Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance

1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.107:1 1Ch 16:34; Ps 100:5; 106:1

2Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim

that he has redeemed them from the power of the foe107:2 Ps 78:42; 106:10

3and has gathered them from the lands —

from the east and the west,

from the north and the south.107:3 Is 11:12; 43:5; Ezk 20:34

4Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,

finding no way to a city where they could live.107:4 Nm 14:33; 32:13

5They were hungry and thirsty;

their spirits failed107:5 Lit their soul fainted within them.107:5 Ps 77:3

6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he rescued them from their distress.107:6 Ps 106:44

7He led them by the right path

to go to a city where they could live.107:7 Jr 31:9

8Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.107:8 Ps 75:1

9For he has satisfied the thirsty

and filled the hungry with good things.107:9 Ps 22:26; 34:10; Lk 1:53

10Others sat in darkness and gloom107:10 Or the shadow of death, also in v. 14 —

prisoners in cruel chains107:10 Ps 102:20; Is 42:7; Lk 1:79 —

11because they rebelled against God’s commands

and despised the counsel of the Most High.107:11 2Ch 36:16; Ps 78:40; 106:7

12He broke their spirits107:12 Lit hearts with hard labor;

they stumbled, and there was no one to help.107:12 Ex 6:9; Dt 26:6; Is 14:3

13Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he saved them from their distress.107:13 Ex 2:23–25

14He brought them out of darkness and gloom

and broke their chains apart.107:14 Jr 2:20

15Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.107:15 Ps 75:1

16For he has broken down the bronze gates

and cut through the iron bars.107:16 Is 45:1–2

17Fools suffered affliction

because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.107:17 Jr 30:14–15

18They loathed all food

and came near the gates of death.107:18 Jb 33:20

19Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;

he saved them from their distress.107:19 Nm 21:7–9

20He sent his word and healed them;

he rescued them from their traps.

21Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.107:21 Ps 75:1

22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices

and announce his works with shouts of joy.107:22 Ps 9:11; 105:43; 116:17

23Others went to sea in ships,

conducting trade on the vast water.107:23 Is 42:10

24They saw the Lord’s works,

his wondrous works in the deep.107:24 Is 33:21

25He spoke and raised a stormy wind

that stirred up the waves of the sea.107:25 Lit of it107:25 Ps 93:3–4; Ezk 26:19

26Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,

their courage107:26 Lit souls melting away in anguish,107:26 Ps 22:14; 119:28

27they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,

and all their skill was useless.107:27 Jb 12:25; Is 29:9

28Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

and he brought them out of their distress.107:28 Jnh 1:14; Mk 4:39

29He stilled the storm to a whisper,

and the waves of the sea were hushed.107:29 Ps 89:9; Mt 8:26; Lk 8:24

30They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.

Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.107:30 Ex 15:13; Ps 78:72

31Let them give thanks to the Lord

for his faithful love

and his wondrous works for all humanity.107:31 Ps 75:1

32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people

and praise him in the council of the elders.107:32 Ps 22:22,25

33He turns rivers into desert,

springs into thirsty ground,107:33 Is 42:15; 50:2

34and fruitful land into salty wasteland,

because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.107:34 Gn 19:24–28; Dt 29:23

35He turns a desert into a pool,

dry land into springs.107:35 Is 35:6–7; 41:18

36He causes the hungry to settle there,

and they establish a city where they can live.107:36 Ps 60:9; 146:7

37They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest.107:37 Is 65:21; Am 9:14

38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;107:38 Gn 12:2; Ex 1:7

he does not let their livestock decrease.107:38 Dt 7:14

39When they are diminished and are humbled

by cruel oppression and sorrow,107:39 Ps 44:25

40he pours contempt on nobles107:40 Jb 12:21

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.107:40 Jb 12:24

41But he lifts the needy out of their suffering107:41 1Sm 2:8; Ps 113:7–8

and makes their families multiply like flocks.107:41 Jb 21:11

42The upright see it and rejoice,107:42 Jb 22:19; Ps 64:10

and all injustice shuts its mouth.107:42 Jb 5:16

43Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things

and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.107:43 Ps 64:9; Hs 14:9

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