Psalms 107:4-32

4Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.

5They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them.

6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he rescued them from their distress.

7He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.

8Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.

9For he has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.

10Others sat in darkness and gloom  — prisoners in cruel chains  —

11because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the counsel of the Most High.

12He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

13Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.

14He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart.

15Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.

16For he has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.

17Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.

18They loathed all food and came near the gates of death.

19Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.

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.

22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.

23Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast water.

24They saw the Lord’s works, his wondrous works in the deep.

25He spoke and raised a stormy wind that stirred up the waves of the sea.

26Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish,

27they reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and all their skill was useless.

28Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.

29He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.

31Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.

32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.