Psalms 107:1-4

Context

Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)

Psalm 107¹

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 delivered⁴ from the power⁵ 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.

[107:1] ¹sn Psalm 107. The psalmist praises God for his kindness to his exiled people.

[107:1] ²tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”

[107:2] ³tn Or “let the redeemed of the Lord say [so].”

[107:2] ⁴tn Or “redeemed.”

[107:2] ⁵tn Heb “hand.”

[107:3] ⁵tn Heb “from lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.