Psalms 107
The Lord redeems and rescues those in distress, gathering them from various regions and leading them to a place of habitation. Those who were hungry, thirsty, and in darkness cried out to the Lord, and he satisfied their needs and freed them from their troubles. The Lord also delivered those who were suffering due to their own iniquities, healing and rescuing them from destruction. Additionally, he calmed storms for those at sea and provided for those in the desert, blessing and multiplying them. The upright will rejoice at the Lord's mercies, and the wise will understand and keep these things.
Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generationLet those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regionsfrom the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the seaThey wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling placeThey were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within themAnd they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessityAnd he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitationLet his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of menFor he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good thingsthose sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by ironFor they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most HighAnd their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help themAnd they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distressAnd he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chainsLet his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of menFor he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron barsHe has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injusticesTheir soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of deathAnd they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessityHe sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destructionLet his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of menAnd let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultationThose who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great watersthese have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deepHe spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exaltedThey ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distressThey were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumedAnd they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distressAnd he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilledAnd they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desiredLet his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of menAnd let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the eldersHe has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry placesa fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in itHe has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of waterAnd he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitationAnd they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativityAnd he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burdenAnd they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrowContempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the wayAnd he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheepThe upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouthWho is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord
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