{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/107","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:50:51.364Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":107,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":106,"nextChapter":108,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":43},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"BOOK V O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For he satisfieth the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filleth with good."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then they cried unto the LORD hi their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul melteth away because of trouble."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation;"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get them fruits of increase."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Again, they are minished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 107 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 107](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/107)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/107 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}