PSALM 107


107:1 'O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

107:2 So let the redeemed of the Lord say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.

107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

107:6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

107:7 And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

107:8 Let them give thanks unto the Lord for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:9 For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

107:10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron--

107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

107:12 Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help--

107:13 They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.

107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

107:15 Let them give thanks unto the Lord for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:16 For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

107:17 Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities--

107:18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death--

107:19 They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;

107:20 He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.

107:21 Let them give thanks unto the Lord for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.

107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters--

107:24 These saw the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep;

107:25 For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

107:26 They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

107:27 They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up--

107:28 They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.

107:29 He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

107:30 Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

107:31 Let them give thanks unto the Lord for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

107:32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

107:34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

107:35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

107:36 And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

107:37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.

107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

107:39 Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

107:41 Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

107:42 The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

107:43 Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the Lord.

 


Hebrew Transliteration

107:1 hodhu layhvh kiy-thobh kiy le`olâm chasdo

107:2 yo'mru ge'ulêyAdonay 'asher ge'âlâm miyyadh-tsâr

107:3 umê'arâtsoth qibbetsâmmimmizrâch umimma`arâbh mitsâphon umiyyâm

107:4 tâ`u bhammidhbârbiyshiymon dârekh `iyr moshâbh lo' mâtsâ'u

107:5 re`êbhiym gam-tsemê'iymnaphshâm bâhem tith`athâph

107:6 vayyits`aqu 'el-Adonay batsar lâhemmimmetsuqothêyhem yatsiylêm

107:7 vayyadhriykhêm bedherekh yeshârâhlâlekheth 'el-`iyr moshâbh

107:8 yodhu layhvh chasdo veniphle'othâyv libhnêy'âdhâm

107:9 kiy-hisbiya` nephesh shoqêqâh venephesh re`êbhâh millê'-thobh

107:10 yoshebhêy choshekh vetsalmâveth 'asiyrêy `oniy ubharzel

107:11 kiy-himru'imrêy-'êl va`atsath `elyon nâ'âtsu

107:12 vayyakhna` be`âmâl libbâmkâshelu ve'êyn `ozêr

107:13 vayyiz`aqu 'el-Adonay batsar lâhemmimmetsuqothêyhem yoshiy`êm

107:14 yotsiy'êm mêchoshekh vetsalmâvethumoserothêyhem yenattêq

107:15 yodhu layhvh chasdo veniphle'othâyvlibhnêy 'âdhâm

107:16 kiy-shibbar dalthoth nechosheth ubheriychêy bharzel giddêa`

107:17 'eviliym midderekh pish`âm umê`avonothêyhem yith`annu

107:18 kol-'okhel tetha`êbh naphshâm vayyaggiy`u `adh-sha`arêy mâveth

107:19 vayyiz`aqu 'el-Adonay batsar lâhem mimmetsuqothêyhemyoshiy`êm

107:20 yishlach debhâro veyirpâ'êm viymallêth mishechiythothâm n

107:21 yodhu layhvh chasdo veniphle'othâyv libhnêy 'âdhâm

107:22 veyizbechuzibhchêy thodhâh viysapperu ma`asâyv berinnâh n

107:23 yoredhêy hayyâmbo'oniyyoth `osêy melâ'khâh bemayim rabbiym n

107:24 hêmmâh râ'uma`asêy Adonay veniphle'othâyv bimtsulâh

107:25 vayyo'mervayya`amêdh ruach se`ârâh vatteromêm gallâyv n

107:26 ya`alu shâmayimyêredhu thehomoth naphshâm berâ`âh thithmoghâgh

107:27 yâchoggu veyânu`ukashikkor vekhol-châkhmâthâm tithballâ`

107:28 vayyits`aqu 'el-Adonay.batsar lâhem umimmetsuqothêyhem yotsiy'êm

107:29 yâqêm se`ârâhlidhmâmâh vayyecheshu gallêyhem

107:30 vayyismechu khiy-yishtoquvayyanchêm 'el-mechoz chephtsâm

107:31 yodhu layhvh chasdo veniphle'othâyvlibhnêy 'âdhâm

107:32 viyromemuhu biqhal-`âm ubhemoshabh zeqêniymyehaleluhu

107:33 yâsêm nehâroth lemidhbâr umotsâ'êy mayim letsimmâ'on

107:34 'erets periy limlêchâh mêrâ`ath yoshebhêy bhâh

107:35 yâsêm midhbârla'agham-mayim ve'erets tsiyyâh lemotsâ'êy mâyim

107:36 vayyoshebhshâm re`êbhiym vaykhonenu `iyr moshâbh

107:37 vayyizre`u sâdhoth vayyithe`ukherâmiym vayya`asu periy thebhu'âh

107:38 vaybhârakhêm vayyirbu me'odhubhehemtâm lo' yam`iyth

107:39 vayyim`athu vayyâshochu mê`otser râ`âhveyâghon n

107:40 shophêkh buz `al-nedhiybhiym vayyath`êm bethohu lo'-dhârekh

107:41 vaysaggêbh 'ebhyon mê`oniy vayyâsem katso'n mishpâchoth

107:42 yir'u yeshâriym veyismâchu vekhol-`avlâh qâphtsâh piyhâ

107:43 miy-châkhâmveyishmâr-'êlleh veyithbonenu chasdhêy Adonay


This version of the psalms is from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS),
a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

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