诗篇107-智慧

诗篇107篇中

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!His faithful love endures forever.
²Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out!Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.
³For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.#107:3 Hebrew and sea.
⁴Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless.
⁵Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died.
⁶“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress.
⁷He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live.
⁸Let them praise the Lord for his great loveand for the wonderful things he has done for them.
⁹For he satisfies the thirstyand fills the hungry with good things.
¹⁰Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
¹¹They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High.
¹²That is why he broke them with hard labor;they fell, and no one was there to help them.
¹³“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
¹⁴He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;he snapped their chains.
¹⁵Let them praise the Lord for his great loveand for the wonderful things he has done for them.
¹⁶For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;he cut apart their bars of iron.
¹⁷Some were fools; they rebelledand suffered for their sins.
¹⁸They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door.
²⁰He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.
²¹Let them praise the Lord for his great loveand for the wonderful things he has done for them.
²²Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgivingand sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
²⁴They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas.
²⁵He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves.
²⁶Their ships were tossed to the heavensand plunged again to the depths;the sailors cringed in terror.
²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunkardsand were at their wits’ end.
²⁹He calmed the storm to a whisperand stilled the waves.
³⁰What a blessing was that stillnessas he brought them safely into harbor!
³⁴He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.
³⁶He brings the hungry to settle thereand to build their cities.
³⁹When they decrease in number and become impoverishedthrough oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
⁴⁰the Lord pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.
⁴¹But he rescues the poor from troubleand increases their families like flocks of sheep.
⁴²The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.
⁴³Those who are wise will take all this to heart;they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.

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