Psalm 107 ISV NLT Parallel

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◄ Psalm 107 ►

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1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His gracious love exists forever.

1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

2Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it— those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy,

2Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.

3those whom he gathered from other lands— from the east, west, north, and south.

3For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.

4They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live.

4Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless.

5Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed.

5Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died.

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

6“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress.

7He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live.

7He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live.

8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind.

8Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

9He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.

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

10Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,

10Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery.

11because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High.

11They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High.

12He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper.

12That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them.

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

13“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

14And he brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death, shattering their chains.

14He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains.

15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds to mankind.

15Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

16For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars.

16For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron.

17Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities.

17Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins.

18They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death.

18They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door.

19Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from certain destruction.

19“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

20He issued his command and healed them; he delivered them from their destruction.

20He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.

21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds for mankind.

21Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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

22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.

23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters,

23Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world.

24witnessed the works of the LORD— his awesome deeds in the ocean's depth.

24They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas.

25He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge.

25He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves.

26The people ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage melting away in their peril.

26Their ships were tossed to the heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror.

27They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless.

27They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end.

28Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, the LORD brought them out of their distress.

28“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

29He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down.

29He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves.

30So they rejoiced that the waves became quiet, and he led them to their desired haven.

30What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor!

31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind.

31Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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

32Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation.

33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground,

33He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.

34and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.

34He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.

35He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.

35But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.

36There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.

36He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their cities.

37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a productive harvest.

37They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops.

38Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle.

38How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase.

39But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow.

39When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

40Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way.

40the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

41Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock.

41But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep.

42The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

42The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.

43Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD.

43Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.

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