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PSAL M 107
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Even so, he pitied them in their distress
and listened to their cries.
He remembered his covenant with them
and relented because of his unfailing
love.
He even caused their captors
to treat them with kindness.
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For he broke down their prison gates
of bronze;
he cut apart their bars of iron.
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Save us, O Lord our God!
Gather us back from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.
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Some were fools; they rebelled
and suffered for their sins.
They couldn’t stand the thought of food,
and they were knocking on death’s door.
“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He sent out his word and healed them,
snatching them from the door of death.
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done
for them.
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
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Praise the Lord!
Book Five (Psalms 107–150)
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he
is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Has the Lord redeemed you? Then
speak out!
Tell others he has redeemed you
from your enemies.
For he has gathered the exiles from
many lands,
from east and west,
from north and south.*
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Some wandered in the wilderness,
lost and homeless.
Hungry and thirsty,
they nearly died.
“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he rescued them from their distress.
He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done
for them.
For he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,
imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
They rebelled against the words of God,
scorning the counsel of the Most High.
That is why he broke them with hard labor;
they fell, and no one was there to
help them.
“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He led them from the darkness and
deepest gloom;
he snapped their chains.
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done
for them.
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Some went off to sea in ships,
plying the trade routes of the world.
They, too, observed the Lord’s power
in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.
He spoke, and the winds rose,
stirring up the waves.
Their ships were tossed to the heavens
and plunged again to the depths;
the sailors cringed in terror.
They reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.
“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.
What a blessing was that stillness
as he brought them safely into harbor!
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done
for them.
Let them exalt him publicly before the
congregation
and before the leaders of the nation.
He changes rivers into deserts,
and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.
He turns the fruitful land into salty
wastelands,
because of the wickedness of those who
live there.
But he also turns deserts into pools of water,
the dry land into springs of water.
He brings the hungry to settle there
and to build their cities.
They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,
and harvest their bumper crops.
How he blesses them!
They raise large families there,
and their herds of livestock increase.
When they decrease in number and become
impoverished
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,