Psalms 107:1-6

Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)

Psalm 107 ¹ 

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.

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

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

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

[107:2]  ⁴ tn Or “redeemed.”

[107:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “hand.”

[107:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “from lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[107:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and their soul in them fainted.”