BOOK V
Psalms 107—150
Thanksgiving for Deliverance
(Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25)
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; 1Ch 16:34Psa 106:12Ch 7:3Psa 105:1Psa 100:5Luk 1:50Psa 118:12Ch 7:6
His loving devotion endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, 1Pe 1:18-19Luk 1:74Gal 3:13Psa 106:10Psa 31:5Tit 2:14Isa 44:22Isa 35:9
whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
and gathered from the lands, Psa 106:47Isa 43:5-6Jer 29:14Rev 5:9Deu 30:3Ezk 36:24Ezk 39:27Jer 31:10
from east and west, from north and south. 1
Some wandered in desert wastelands, Deu 32:10Ezk 34:12Ezk 34:6Num 14:33Gen 21:14-16Heb 11:38Job 12:24Psa 107:40
finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
They were hungry and thirsty; Mrk 8:2-31Sa 30:11-12Isa 44:12Jdg 15:18-19Lam 2:19Jer 14:18
their soul fainted within them.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, Psa 50:15Psa 91:15Heb 4:15-16Jer 29:12-142Co 1:8-10Psa 107:13Psa 107:19Psa 107:28
and He delivered them from their distress.
He led them on a straight path Jer 31:9Ezr 8:21-23Heb 11:9-10Heb 12:22Psa 77:202Pe 2:15Heb 11:16Isa 30:21
to reach a city where they could live.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion Psa 107:31Psa 147:1Dan 4:2-3Psa 107:15Psa 107:21Psa 78:4Dan 6:27Deu 32:29
and His wonders to the sons of men.
For He satisfies the thirsty Mat 5:6Jer 31:25Psa 34:10Luk 1:53Psa 146:7Isa 55:1-3Psa 22:26Rev 7:16-17
and fills the hungry with good things.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Luk 1:79Mic 7:8Isa 42:7Mat 4:16Rom 6:20-21Exo 2:23-24Job 36:8-9Mat 22:13
prisoners in affliction and chains,
because they rebelled against the words of God Psa 106:43Pro 1:25Psa 78:40Rom 1:281Sa 2:5-82Ch 33:102Ch 36:16Act 20:27
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; Psa 22:11Exo 5:18-19Exo 2:23Luk 15:14-17Isa 51:232Ki 6:26-272Ki 6:33Isa 51:19-20
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, Psa 107:28Psa 107:6Jdg 4:3Jdg 6:6-10Psa 18:62Ch 33:12-13Exo 3:7-8Psa 116:3-6
and He saved them from their distress.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death Isa 42:16Psa 116:16Eph 5:81Pe 2:9Zec 9:11-12Psa 107:10Isa 61:1Jer 52:31-34
and broke away their chains.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion Psa 107:21Psa 107:31Psa 107:8Psa 116:17-19
and His wonders to the sons of men.
For He has broken down the gates of bronze Isa 45:1-2Jdg 16:3Mic 2:13
and cut through the bars of iron.
Fools, in their rebellious ways, Lam 3:39Pro 1:22Isa 57:17-18Isa 65:6-7Jer 2:19Num 11:33-34Num 21:5-9Pro 7:7
and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
They loathed all food Psa 88:3Psa 9:13Job 33:19-22Isa 38:10Job 38:17
and drew near to the gates of death.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, Psa 34:4-6Psa 78:34-35Jer 33:3Psa 107:13Psa 107:6Psa 116:4-8Psa 30:8-12Psa 107:28
and He saved them from their distress.
He sent forth His word and healed them; Mat 8:8Psa 103:3-4Psa 147:15Psa 147:32Ki 20:4-5Job 33:28-30Psa 56:13Psa 147:18-19
He rescued them from the Pit.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion Psa 107:8Luk 17:182Ch 32:25Psa 107:15Psa 107:31Psa 66:5
and His wonders to the sons of men.
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving Psa 50:14Psa 118:17Psa 9:11Heb 13:15Psa 105:1-2Psa 116:17Isa 12:4Lev 7:12
and declare His works with rejoicing.
Others went out to sea in ships, Psa 48:7Rev 18:17Act 27:9-28Ezk 27:26Isa 42:10
conducting trade on the mighty waters.
They saw the works of the LORD, Psa 95:5Job 38:8-11Psa 104:24-27
and His wonders in the deep.
For He spoke and raised a tempest Jon 1:4Mat 8:24Psa 148:8Psa 105:34Psa 93:3Jhn 6:18Psa 105:31Psa 135:7
that lifted the waves of the sea.
They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; Psa 22:14Psa 119:282Sa 17:10Isa 13:7Nam 2:10
their courage melted in their anguish.
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, Job 12:25Isa 19:14Isa 19:3Isa 29:9Act 27:15-20Isa 24:20Job 37:20
and all their skill was useless. 2
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, Mat 8:25Psa 107:13Psa 107:19Psa 107:6Act 27:23-25Jon 1:14Jon 1:5-6
and He brought them out of their distress.
He calmed the storm to a whisper, Mat 8:26Luk 8:23-25Psa 65:7Mrk 4:39-41Psa 89:9Jon 1:15
and the waves of the sea 3were hushed.
They rejoiced in the silence, Jhn 6:21
and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion Psa 103:2Psa 107:8Psa 107:15Psa 107:21Rev 15:32Ti 3:2Heb 13:15Hos 2:8
and His wonders to the sons of men.
Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people Psa 22:22Psa 22:25Psa 46:10Psa 99:5Isa 25:1Psa 119:46Psa 40:9-10Act 4:8-12
and praise Him in the council of the elders.
He turns rivers into deserts, Isa 42:15Isa 50:2Amo 4:7-81Ki 17:1-71Ki 18:5Ezk 30:12Isa 13:19-21Isa 19:5-10
springs of water into thirsty ground,
and fruitful land into fields of salt, Gen 13:10Gen 14:3Deu 29:23-28Ezk 47:11Gen 13:13Gen 19:24-25Isa 32:13-15
because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
He turns a desert into pools of water Psa 114:8Isa 35:6-7Isa 41:17-19Isa 44:3-52Ki 3:16-20Ezk 47:6-12Num 21:16-18
and a dry land into flowing springs.
He causes the hungry to settle there, Luk 1:53Psa 107:7Act 17:26Psa 146:7
that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
They sow fields and plant vineyards 1Co 3:72Co 9:10Isa 37:30Jer 29:5Zec 8:12Ezk 28:26Gen 26:12Hag 1:10-11
that yield a fruitful harvest.
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; Exo 1:7Gen 12:2Gen 17:20Deu 30:9Deu 7:14Psa 128:1-6Deu 28:11Gen 17:16
He does not let their herds diminish.
When they are decreased and humbled 2Ki 10:32Exo 2:23-242Ch 15:5-62Ki 14:26Jdg 6:3-61Sa 2:5-72Ki 13:222Ki 13:7
by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
He pours out contempt on the nobles Job 12:24Job 12:21Dan 4:33Isa 23:8-91Ki 21:191Sa 5:91Sa 6:42Ki 9:35-37
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
But He lifts the needy from affliction 1Sa 2:8Job 21:111Sa 2:21Est 8:15-17Isa 49:20-22Job 8:7Psa 78:52Jas 5:11
and increases their families like flocks.
The upright see and rejoice, Job 22:19Psa 63:11Rom 3:19Psa 52:6Job 5:15-16Exo 11:7Isa 66:10-11Isa 66:14
and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
Let him who is wise pay heed to these things Hos 14:9Jer 9:12Psa 64:9Dan 10:12Eph 3:18-19Jer 9:24Psa 50:23Isa 5:12
and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.