Psalms 107:4-9

Context

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.¹

107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:7 He led them on a level road,²

that they might find a city in which to live.

107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people!³

107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst,⁴

and those who hunger he has filled with food.⁵

[107:5] ¹tn Heb “and their soul in them fainted.”

[107:7] ²sn A level road. See Jer 31:9.

[107:8] ³tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”

[107:9] ⁴tn Heb “[the] longing throat.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh), which frequently refers to one’s very being or soul, here probably refers to one’s parched “throat” (note the parallelism with נֶפֱשׁ רְעֵבָה, nefesh rÿ’evah, “hungry throat”).

[107:9] ⁵tn Heb “and [the] hungry throat he has filled [with] good.”