Psalm 107
Confitemini Domino
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O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious *
and his mercy endureth for ever.
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Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed *
and delivered from the hand of the enemy;
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And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west *
from the north and from the south.
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They went astray in the wilderness out of the way *
and found no city to dwell in;
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Hungry and thirsty *
their soul fainted in them.
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So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble *
and he delivered them from their distress.
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He led them forth by the right way *
that they might go to the city where they dwelt.
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O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness *
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
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For he satisfieth the empty soul *
and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
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Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death *
being fast bound in misery and iron ;
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Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord *
and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest;
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He also brought down their heart through heaviness *
they fell down, and there was none to help them.
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So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble *
he delivered them out of their distress.
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For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death *
and brake their bonds in sunder.
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O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness *
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
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For he hath broken the gates of brass *
and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.
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Foolish men are plagued for their offence *
and because of their wickedness.
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Their soul abhorred all manner of meat *
and they were even hard at death’s door.
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So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble *
he delivered them out of their distress.
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He sent his word, and healed them *
and they were saved from their destruction.
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O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness *
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
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That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving *
and tell out his works with gladness!
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They that go down to the sea in ships *
and occupy their business in great waters;
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These men see the works of the Lord *
and his wonders in the deep.
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For at his word the stormy wind ariseth *
which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep *
their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man *
and are at their wits’ end.
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So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble *
he delivereth them out of their distress.
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For he maketh the storm to cease *
so that the waves thereof are still.
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Then are they glad, because they are at rest *
and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
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O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness *
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
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That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people *
and praise him in the seat of the elders!
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Who turneth the floods into a wilderness *
and drieth up the water-springs.
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A fruitful land maketh he barren *
for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water *
and water-springs of a dry ground.
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And there he setteth the hungry *
that they may build them a city to dwell in;
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That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards *
to yield them fruits of increase.
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He blesseth them so that they multiply exceedingly *
and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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And again, when they are minished and brought low *
through oppression, through any plague or trouble;
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Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants *
and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness;
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Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery *
and maketh him households like a flock of sheep.
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The righteous will consider this, and rejoice *
and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.
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Whoso is wise will ponder these things *
and they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord.