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107:1 Praise the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.
107:2 Let them, which haue bene redeemed of the Lord, shewe how he hath deliuered them from the hand of the oppressour,
107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South.
107:4 When they wandered in the desert and wildernesse out of the waie, and founde no citie to dwell in,
107:5 Both hungrie and thirstie, their soule fainted in them.
107:6 Then they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuered them from their distresse,
107:7 And led them forth by the right way, that they might goe to a citie of habitation.
107:8 Let them therefore confesse before ye Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.
107:9 For he satisfied the thirstie soule, and filled the hungrie soule with goodnesse.
107:10 They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,
107:11 Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lord, and despised the counsell of the most High,
107:12 When he humbled their heart with heauines, then they fell downe and there was no helper.
107:13 Then they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuered them from their distresse.
107:14 He brought them out of darkenes, and out of the shadowe of death, and brake their bandes asunder.
107:15 Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.
107:16 For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.
107:17 Fooles by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted.
107:18 Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore.
107:19 Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuereth them from their distresse.
107:20 He sendeth his worde and healeth them, and deliuereth them from their graues.
107:21 Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men,
107:22 And let them offer sacrifices of praise, and declare his workes with reioycing.
107:23 They that goe downe to the sea in ships, and occupie by the great waters,
107:24 They see the woorkes of the Lord, and his wonders in the deepe.
107:25 For he commaundeth and raiseth the stormie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues thereof.
107:26 They mount vp to the heauen, and descend to ye deepe, so that their soule melteth for trouble.
107:27 They are tossed to and from, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.
107:28 Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresse.
107:29 He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.
107:30 When they are quieted, they are glad, and hee bringeth them vnto the hauen, where they would be.
107:31 Let them therfore confesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.
107:32 And let them exalt him in the Congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the Elders.
107:33 He turneth the floodes into a wildernesse, and the springs of waters into drinesse,
107:34 And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.
107:35 Againe hee turneth the wildernesse into pooles of water, and the drie lande into water springs.
107:36 And there he placeth the hungrie, and they builde a citie to dwell in,
107:37 And sowe the fieldes, and plant vineyardes, which bring foorth fruitfull increase.
107:38 For he blesseth them, and they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.
107:39 Againe men are diminished, and brought lowe by oppression, euill and sorowe.
107:40 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.
107:41 Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.
107:42 The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.
107:43 Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.