Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)
107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
and his loyal love endures! 2
107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, 3
those whom he delivered 4 from the power 5 of the enemy,
107:3 and gathered from foreign lands, 6
from east and west,
from north and south.
107:4 They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;
they found no city in which to live.
107:5 They were hungry and thirsty;
they fainted from exhaustion. 7
107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
1 sn Psalm 107. The psalmist praises God for his kindness to his exiled people.
2 tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”
3 tn Or “let the redeemed of the
4 tn Or “redeemed.”
5 tn Heb “hand.”
6 tn Heb “from lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tn Heb “and their soul in them fainted.”