45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of
his mercies.
46
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47
Save us, O L
ORD
our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy
holy name,
and
to triumph in thy praise.
48
Blessed
be
the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people
say, Amen. Praise ye the L
ORD
.
CHAPTER 107
O give thanks unto the L
ORD
, for
he is
good: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
2
Let the redeemed
of the L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
, 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 wit’s end.
28
Then they cry unto the L
ORD
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.
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