Book of Psalms, No. 107
Psalms 107 NWT - New World TranslationNo. 107 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ O give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people, for he is good;1
For his loving-kindness[a] is to time indefinite.2 - ¶ Let the reclaimed ones of Jehovah say so,3
Whom he has reclaimed from the hand of the adversary,4 - ¶ And whom he has collected together even from the lands,5
From the sunrise and from the sunset,6
From the north and from the south.[b]7 - ¶ They wandered about in the wilderness,8 in the desert;9
They did not find any way to a city of habitation.10 - ¶ They were hungry, also thirsty;11
Their very soul within them began to faint away.12 - ¶ And they kept crying out to Jehovah in their distress;13
Out of the stresses upon them he proceeded to deliver them,14 - ¶ And to have them walk in the right way,15
So as to come to a city of habitation.16 - ¶ O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness17
And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.[c]18 - ¶ For he has satisfied the dried-out soul;19
And the hungry soul he has filled with good things.20 - ¶ There were those dwelling in darkness and deep shadow,21
Prisoners in affliction and irons.22 - ¶ For they had behaved rebelliously23 against the sayings of God;[d]24
And the counsel of the Most High they had disrespected.25 - ¶ So with trouble he proceeded to subdue their heart;26
They stumbled, and there was no one helping.27 - ¶ And they began calling to Jehovah for help in their distress;28
Out of the stresses upon them he as usual saved them.29 - ¶ He went bringing them out from darkness and deep shadow,30
And tearing even their bands apart.31 - ¶ O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness32
And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.33 - ¶ For he has broken the doors of copper,34
And he has cut down even the bars of iron.35 - ¶ Those who were foolish, due to the way of their transgression36
And due to their errors, finally caused themselves affliction.37 - ¶ Their soul got to detest even every sort of food,38
And they were arriving at the gates of death.39 - ¶ And they began calling to Jehovah for help in their distress;40
Out of the stresses upon them he as usual saved them.41 - ¶ He proceeded to send his word and heal them42
And to provide [them] escape out of their pits.[e]43 - ¶ O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness44
And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.[f]45 - ¶ And let them offer[g] the sacrifices of thanksgiving46
And declare his works with a joyful cry.47 - ¶ Those going down to the sea in the ships,48
Doing business on vast[h] waters,49 - ¶ They are the ones that have seen the works of Jehovah50
And his wonderful works in the depths;51 - ¶ How he says [the word] and causes a tempestuous wind[i] to arise,52
So that it lifts up its waves.53 - ¶ They go up to the heavens,
They go down to the bottoms.[j]
Because of the calamity their very soul finds itself melting.54 - ¶ They reel and move unsteadily like a drunken man,55
And even all their wisdom proves confused.56 - ¶ And they begin crying out to Jehovah in their distress,57
And out of the stresses upon them he brings them forth.58 - ¶ He causes the windstorm to stand at a calm,59
So that the waves of the sea[k] keep quiet.60 - ¶ And they rejoice because these become still,
And he leads them to the haven of their delight.61 - ¶ O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness62
And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.[l]63 - ¶ And let them extol him in the congregation[m] of the people;64
And in the seat of the elderly men let them praise him.65 - ¶ He converts rivers into a wilderness,66
And the outflows of water into thirsty ground,67 - ¶ Fruitful land into salt country,68
Owing to the badness of those dwelling in it. - ¶ He converts a wilderness into a reedy pool of water,69
And the land of a waterless region into outflows of water.70 - ¶ And there he causes the hungry ones to dwell,71
So that they firmly establish a city of habitation.72 - ¶ And they sow fields and plant vineyards,73
That they may yield fruitful crops.74 - ¶ And he blesses them so that they become very many;75
And he does not let their cattle become few.76 - ¶ Again they become few and crouch down77
Owing to restraint, calamity and grief.78 - ¶ He is pouring out contempt upon nobles,79
So that he makes them wander about in a featureless place, where there is no way.80 - ¶ But he protects[n] the poor one from affliction81
And converts him into families just like a flock.82 - ¶ The upright ones see and rejoice;83
But as for all unrighteousness, it has to shut its mouth.84 - ¶ Who is wise? He will both observe these things85
And show himself attentive toward Jehovah’s acts of loving-kindness.86
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, “loyal love.”
- ^ Lit., “the sea,” that is, the Red Sea to the south.
- ^ Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
- ^ “The sayings of God.” Heb., ʼim·reh-ʼElʹ.
- ^ Possibly, “the pit for their lives.”
- ^ See vs 8 ftn.
- ^ Lit., “sacrifice.”
- ^ Or, “many.”
- ^ “Wind.” Heb., ruʹach. Compare Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
- ^ “Bottoms.” Heb., thehoh·mohthʹ; LXXVg, “abysses.”
- ^ “The waves of the sea,” Sy; MT, “their waves”; LXXVg, “its waves.”
- ^ See vs 8 ftn.
- ^ “In the congregation of.” Heb., biq·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹai; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
- ^ Or, “puts on high,” that is, out of reach.
REFERENCES
- ^ 1Ch 16:34; Ps 118:1; Lu 18:19
- ^ Ps 103:17
- ^ De 15:15; Ps 31:5; Lu 1:68; 1Pe 1:19
- ^ De 7:8; Ps 106:10; Is 35:10; Je 15:21; Mc 4:10; Lu 1:74
- ^ Ps 106:47
- ^ Is 43:5; 49:12; Je 29:14; Mt 24:31
- ^ Is 43:6; Je 31:8; Eze 39:27; Lu 13:29
- ^ Nu 14:33; De 8:15
- ^ De 32:10; Heb 11:38
- ^ Heb 11:10
- ^ Ex 15:24
- ^ Ex 16:3; La 2:19
- ^ Ps 50:15; 91:15; Ho 5:15
- ^ Is 41:17; 2Ti 3:11
- ^ Ezr 8:21; Ps 78:52; Is 30:21; 2Pe 2:21
- ^ Ne 11:3
- ^ 1Ch 16:8; Ps 136:1
- ^ Ps 40:5; Re 15:3
- ^ Is 55:2
- ^ Ps 34:10; 146:7; Je 31:14; Lu 1:53
- ^ Lu 1:79
- ^ 2Ch 33:11; Jb 36:8; Ps 105:18; 149:8
- ^ La 3:42
- ^ Ps 106:43
- ^ 2Ch 33:10; Ps 73:24; Pr 1:25; Lu 7:30
- ^ Le 26:21; Jg 10:15; Lu 15:17
- ^ 2Ki 6:27; Ps 22:11
- ^ Jg 4:3; 6:6; 10:10; 2Ch 33:12
- ^ Jg 10:12
- ^ Ps 68:6; Is 49:9; Eph 5:8; 1Pe 2:9
- ^ Ps 146:7; Is 61:1; Ac 12:7; 16:25
- ^ La 3:22
- ^ Ps 92:5
- ^ Is 45:1
- ^ Is 45:2
- ^ Pr 1:7; La 3:39
- ^ Nu 11:33; Ps 38:5; Je 2:19; Ga 6:7; 2Pe 2:13
- ^ Jb 33:20
- ^ Jb 33:22; 38:17; Ps 9:13; 88:3; 116:3; Re 1:18
- ^ Je 33:3
- ^ Ps 34:6
- ^ Nu 21:8; 2Ki 20:5; Ps 30:2; 103:3; 147:3
- ^ Jb 33:28; Ps 30:3; 49:15; 56:13; 103:4
- ^ Ps 138:2
- ^ Ps 66:5
- ^ Le 7:12; Ps 50:14; 116:17; Heb 13:15; 1Pe 2:5
- ^ Ps 9:11; 73:28; 118:17
- ^ 1Ki 9:27; Eze 27:26
- ^ 2Ch 9:21; Eze 27:9; Re 18:17
- ^ Ps 95:5
- ^ Ge 1:21; Ps 104:25
- ^ Ps 135:7; 148:8; Je 10:13; Jon 1:4
- ^ Ps 93:4
- ^ 2Sa 17:10; Ps 22:14; Is 13:7; Na 2:10
- ^ Jb 12:25; Is 19:14
- ^ Is 19:3; Jon 1:5
- ^ Jon 1:14
- ^ Jon 2:10
- ^ Ps 89:9; Jon 1:15
- ^ Ge 8:1; Ps 65:7
- ^ Jn 6:21
- ^ Ps 50:23; 86:13
- ^ Ps 72:18; 105:5; Re 15:3
- ^ Ps 22:22; 40:9; 111:1
- ^ Jb 29:7; Ac 4:9
- ^ 1Ki 17:7; Is 19:5; 42:15
- ^ 1Ki 18:5; Je 14:3; Am 4:7
- ^ Ge 13:10; 19:25; De 29:23
- ^ Ps 114:8; Is 35:7; 41:18
- ^ 2Ki 3:17
- ^ Ps 146:7; Lu 1:53
- ^ Ps 107:7
- ^ Is 65:21; Je 29:5
- ^ Ge 26:12; Ac 14:17
- ^ Ex 1:7; De 7:13
- ^ Ge 30:43; De 7:14
- ^ 1Sa 2:7
- ^ Jg 6:3; 2Ki 10:32; 13:7; 2Ch 15:5; Je 51:34
- ^ 1Ki 21:19; 2Ki 24:15; 25:7
- ^ Jb 12:24
- ^ 1Sa 2:8
- ^ Ps 78:52
- ^ Jb 22:19; Ps 52:6; 58:10
- ^ Ex 11:7; Ps 63:11; Ro 3:19
- ^ De 4:6; Ps 64:9; Pr 1:5; Je 9:12; Ho 14:9
- ^ Ps 77:12; 143:5; Je 9:24
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