Глава 107

  • 1. Praise the Lorde, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.
  • 2. Let them, which haue bene redeemed of the Lord, shewe how he hath deliuered them from the hand of the oppressour,
  • 3. And gathered them out of the lands, from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South.
  • 4. When they wandered in the desert and wildernesse out of the waie, and founde no citie to dwell in,
  • 5. Both hungrie and thirstie, their soule fainted in them.
  • 6. Then they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble, & he deliuered them from their distresse,
  • 7. And led them forth by the right way, that they might goe to a citie of habitation.
  • 8. Let them therefore confesse before ye Lorde his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.
  • 9. For he satisfied the thirstie soule, and filled the hungrie soule with goodnesse.
  • 10. They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,
  • 11. Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lorde, and despised the counsell of the most High,
  • 12. When he humbled their heart with heauines, then they fell downe and there was no helper.
  • 13. Then they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble, & he deliuered them from their distresse.
  • 14. He brought them out of darkenes, and out of the shadowe of death, and brake their bandes asunder.
  • 15. Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.
  • 16. For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.
  • 17. Fooles by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted.
  • 18. Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore.
  • 19. Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuereth them from their distresse.
  • 20. He sendeth his worde and healeth them, and deliuereth them from their graues.
  • 21. Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, & his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men,
  • 22. And let them offer sacrifices of praise, and declare his workes with reioycing.
  • 23. They that goe downe to the sea in ships, and occupie by the great waters,
  • 24. They see the woorkes of the Lorde, and his wonders in the deepe.
  • 25. For he commaundeth and raiseth the stormie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues thereof.
  • 26. They mount vp to the heauen, and descend to ye deepe, so that their soule melteth for trouble.
  • 27. They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.
  • 28. Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresse.
  • 29. He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.
  • 30. When they are quieted, they are glad, and hee bringeth them vnto the hauen, where they would be.
  • 31. Let them therfore confesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.
  • 32. And let them exalt him in the Congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the Elders.
  • 33. He turneth the floodes into a wildernesse, and the springs of waters into drinesse,
  • 34. And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.
  • 35. Againe hee turneth the wildernesse into pooles of water, and the drie lande into water springs.
  • 36. And there he placeth the hungrie, and they builde a citie to dwell in,
  • 37. And sowe the fieldes, and plant vineyardes, which bring foorth fruitfull increase.
  • 38. For he blesseth them, & they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.
  • 39. Againe men are diminished, and brought lowe by oppression, euill and sorowe.
  • 40. He powreth cotempt vpon princes, & causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.
  • 41. Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.
  • 42. The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.
  • 43. Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.