Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So

Psalm 107

Book Five

1
g Oh give thanks to the Lord, h for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
 2 Let i the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has j redeemed from trouble 1
3 and k gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.

4 Some l wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way m to a city to dwell in;
 5 hungry and thirsty,
their soul n fainted within them.
 6 Then they o cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
 7 He led them by p a straight way
till they reached m a city to dwell in.
 8 q Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
 9 For he r satisfies the longing soul,
s and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10 t Some sat in darkness and in u the shadow of death,
prisoners in v affliction and in irons,
 11 for they w had rebelled against the words of God,
and x spurned the counsel of the Most High.
 12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, y with none to help.
 13 z Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
 14 He brought them out of a darkness and the shadow of death,
and b burst their bonds apart.
 15 c Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
 16 For he d shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17 Some were e fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
 18 f they loathed any kind of food,
and they g drew near to h the gates of death.
 19 i Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
 20 He j sent out his word and k healed them,
and l delivered them from their destruction.
 21 m Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
 22 And let them n offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and o tell of his deeds in p songs of joy!

23 Some q went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
 24 they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
 25 For he r commanded and s raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
 26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage t melted away in their evil plight;
 27 they reeled and u staggered like drunken men
and v were at their wits' end. 2
28 w Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
 29 He x made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
 30 Then they were glad that the waters 3 were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
 31 y Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
 32 Let them z extol him in a the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33 He b turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
 34 c a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
 35 He d turns a desert into pools of water,
e a parched land into springs of water.
 36 And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish f a city to live in;
 37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
 38 g By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.

39 When they are diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
 40 h he pours contempt on princes
and i makes them wander j in trackless wastes;
 41 but k he raises up the needy out of affliction
and l makes their families like flocks.
 42 m The upright see it and are glad,
and n all wickedness shuts its mouth.

43 o Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 105:1
    Oh give thanks to the Lord ; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 100:5
    For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 106:10
    So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 62:12
    And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the Lord ; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
    Isaiah 63:4
    For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 106:47
    Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from amo...
    Deuteronomy 30:3
    Then the Lord your God will restore your fortun...
    Isaiah 11:12
    He will raise a signal for the nations and will...
    Isaiah 43:5
    Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your ...
    Isaiah 56:8
    The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israe...
    Jeremiah 29:14
    I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and ...
    Jeremiah 31:8
    Behold, I will bring them from the north countr...
    Jeremiah 31:10
    "Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and decl...
    Ezekiel 20:34
    I will bring you out from the peoples and gathe...
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I b...
    Ezekiel 39:27
    When I have brought them back from the peoples ...
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 107:40
    He pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes.
    Deuteronomy 32:10
    He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 107:36
    And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 77:3
    When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 107:13
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:19
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:28
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 106:44
    Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.
  10. Cross References
    Ezra 8:21
    Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 107:4
    Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 107:15
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:21
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:31
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 34:10
    The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
    Psalms 146:7
    Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.
  14. Cross References
    Luke 1:53
    He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
  15. Cross References
    Luke 1:79
    To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
    Isaiah 42:7
    To open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
    Isaiah 49:9
    Saying to the prisoners, 'Come out,' to those who are in darkness, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways; on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
    Micah 7:8
    Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 107:14
    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart.
    Job 10:21
    Before I go - and I shall not return - to the land of darkness and deep shadow.
  17. Cross References
    Job 36:8
    And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 106:7
    Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
    Psalms 106:33
    For they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
    Psalms 106:43
    Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity.
    Psalms 78:40
    How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
  19. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:30
    Would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof.
    Proverbs 5:12
    And you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
    Proverbs 15:5
    A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
    Deuteronomy 31:20
    For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise me and break my covenant.
    Luke 7:30
    But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 22:11
    Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 107:6
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:19
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:28
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 107:10
    Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 2:3
    "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 107:8
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:21
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:31
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
  25. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:2
    I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
  26. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:7
    The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
    Proverbs 14:9
    Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.
  27. Cross References
    Job 33:20
    So that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 88:3
    For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
    Job 33:22
    His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.
  29. Cross References
    Job 38:17
    Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 107:6
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:13
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:28
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 147:15
    He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
    Psalms 147:18
    He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
    Matthew 8:8
    But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 30:2 - 3
    O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
    2 Kings 20:5
    Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
    Job 33:29 - 30
    Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 103:4
    Who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy.
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 107:8
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:15
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:31
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 50:14
    Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High.
  36. Cross References
    Psalms 9:11
    Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
    Psalms 118:17
    I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
  37. Cross References
    Psalms 105:43
    So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
  38. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:10
    Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.
  39. Cross References
    Psalms 105:31
    He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
    Psalms 105:34
    He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number.
  40. Cross References
    Psalms 148:8
    Fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
    Jonah 1:4
    But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
  41. Cross References
    Psalms 119:28
    My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!
    Psalms 22:14
    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast.
  42. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:20
    The earth staggers like a drunken man; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
    Isaiah 29:9
    Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink!
    Job 12:25
    They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
  43. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:3
    And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers.
  44. Cross References
    Psalms 107:6
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:13
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
    Psalms 107:19
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  45. Cross References
    Psalms 65:7
    Who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
  46. Cross References
    Psalms 107:8
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:15
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
    Psalms 107:21
    Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
  47. Cross References
    Psalms 99:5
    Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!
  48. Cross References
    Psalms 22:22
    I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
    Psalms 22:25
    From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
  49. Cross References
    Isaiah 50:2
    Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.
    Isaiah 42:15
    I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.
  50. Cross References
    Genesis 13:10
    And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
    Genesis 14:3
    And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim ( that is, the Salt Sea).
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
    Genesis 19:24 - 28
    Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
  51. Cross References
    Psalms 114:8
    Who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.
    Isaiah 41:18
    I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
    Isaiah 35:6 - 7
    Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
    Isaiah 43:19 - 20
    Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
  52. Cross References
    Job 38:26 - 27
    To bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man.
  53. Cross References
    Psalms 107:4
    Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in.
    Psalms 107:7
    He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
  54. Cross References
    Genesis 12:2
    And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
    Genesis 17:20
    As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
    Exodus 1:7
    But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  55. Cross References
    Job 12:21
    He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
  56. Cross References
    Job 12:24
    He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
  57. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:10
    He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
  58. Cross References
    Psalms 113:7 - 8
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.
    1 Samuel 2:8
    He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord 's, and on them he has set the world.
  59. Cross References
    Job 21:11
    They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.
  60. Cross References
    Job 22:19
    The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent one mocks at them.
  61. Cross References
    Psalms 63:11
    But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
  62. Cross References
    Psalms 64:9
    Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.
    Jeremiah 9:12
    Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
    Hosea 14:9
    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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