Глава 107

  • 1. ¶ O GIVE thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.
  • 2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,
  • 3. And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the islands in the sea.
  • 4. They were lost in the wilderness in a place without water; they found not the right way to an inhabited town.
  • 5. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
  • 6. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
  • 7. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to inhabited villages.
  • 8. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men!
  • 9. For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness,
  • 10. ¶ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
  • 11. Because they murmured against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the most High;
  • 12. Therefore he brought down their hearts with labor; they became weak and there was none to help.
  • 13. Then they prayed to the LORD in their trouble and he saved them out of their distresses.
  • 14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder.
  • 15. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men.
  • 16. For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.
  • 17. ¶ He helped them out of the way of their sins, he relieved them of their afflictions.
  • 18. Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
  • 19. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
  • 20. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.
  • 21. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him, for his mercies are upon the children of men!
  • 22. Sacrifice to him the sacrifices of praise, and glorify him, O you, his servants, for his wonders.
  • 23. ¶ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
  • 24. These see the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep.
  • 25. For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof.
  • 26. They mount up to the sky; then they go down again to the depths; their soul is troubled within them.
  • 27. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
  • 28. Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble and he brings them out of their distresses.
  • 29. He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
  • 30. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.
  • 31. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men.
  • 32. Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
  • 33. ¶ He turns rivers into a wilderness and the water-springs into dry ground,
  • 34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
  • 35. He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry land into watersprings.
  • 36. And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may build villages and settle,
  • 37. And sow the fields and plant vineyards, and eat of the fruits thereof.
  • 38. He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.
  • 39. Again, they are diminished and humbled through oppression, affliction, and misery.
  • 40. He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.
  • 41. He strengthens the poor and he multiplies their families like a flock.
  • 42. The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; and all the ungodly shall shut their mouths.
  • 43. Whosoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.