Psalms 107:6-43 Then they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and out of their afflictions he delivered them.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Then they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and out of their afflictions he delivered them. ⁷ And he led them forth on the right way, that they might go to an inhabited city. ⁸ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ⁹ For he satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filled with good.— ¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and fetters of iron;— ¹¹ Because they have rebelled against the words of God, and have contemned the counsel of the Most High; ¹² And he humbled with trouble their heart; they stumbled, and there was none to help; ¹³ But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions; ¹⁴ He bringeth them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and teareth their bands asunder. ¹⁵ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ¹⁶ For he hath broken the doors of copper, and the bolts of iron hath he hewn asunder.— ¹⁷ Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. ¹⁸ All manner of food their soul abhorreth; and they draw near unto the gates of death; ¹⁹ But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions. ²⁰ He sendeth his word and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves. ²¹ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ²² They shall also sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and relate his deeds with joyful song.— ²³ They who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters;— ²⁴ These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders on the deep. ²⁵ For he spoke, and he raised the stormy wind, which lifteth up its waves. ²⁶ They would mount up to heaven, they would go down to the depths: their soul was melted because of their danger. ²⁷ They would reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was exhausted. ²⁸ And they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and he brought them out of their afflictions. ²⁹ He calmed the storm into a whisper, and stilled were the waves of the sea. ³⁰ And they were rejoiced because they were silent: and then he guided them unto their desired haven. ³¹ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ³² And they must exalt him in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the elders must they praise him.— ³³ He changeth rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into parched ground; ³⁴ A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein. ³⁵ He changeth the wilderness into a pool of water, and desert land into water-springs. ³⁶ And there he causeth to dwell the hungry, that they may found an inhabited city; ³⁷ And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, that they may yield the fruits of the annual product. ³⁸ He also blesseth them, and they multiply greatly, and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish. ³⁹ They were also diminished and bowed low through oppression, misfortune, and sorrow: ⁴⁰ He then poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in a pathless wilderness. ⁴¹ And he exalteth the needy from misery, and maketh his families like flocks. ⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; but all wickedness shall stop her mouth. ⁴³ Whoever is wise, let him observe these things, and let all understand the kindness of the Lord.