Psalm 107, side by side

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

¹O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

²Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

³and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

³And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

⁴Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

⁵They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

⁶Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

⁷And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

⁸Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

⁸Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

⁹For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

¹⁰Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

¹¹because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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

¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

¹³Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

¹³Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

¹⁵Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁵Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

¹⁶For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

¹⁷Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

¹⁷Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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

¹⁸Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

¹⁹Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

²⁰He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

²⁰He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

²¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

²¹Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

²²And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

²³Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

²³They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

²⁴They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

²⁴These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

²⁵For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

²⁶They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

²⁶They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.

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

²⁸Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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

²⁹He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

³⁰They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

³⁰Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

³¹Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

³¹Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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

³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

³⁴and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

³⁵He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

³⁶He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

³⁷They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

³⁸He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

³⁹When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

⁴⁰He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

⁴¹But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

⁴¹Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

⁴²The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

⁴²The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

⁴³Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

⁴³Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.