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Psalms 107:1
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O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
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Psalms 107:2
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Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
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Psalms 107:3
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And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
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Psalms 107:4
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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
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Psalms 107:5
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Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
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Psalms 107:6
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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
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Psalms 107:7
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He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.
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Psalms 107:8
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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:9
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For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
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Psalms 107:10
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Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
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Psalms 107:11
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Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
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Psalms 107:12
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Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.
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Psalms 107:13
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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
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Psalms 107:14
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.
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Psalms 107:15
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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:16
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For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
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Psalms 107:17
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Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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Psalms 107:18
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Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
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Psalms 107:19
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Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.
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Psalms 107:20
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He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth [them] from their destructions.
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Psalms 107:21
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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:22
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And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
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Psalms 107:23
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They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
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Psalms 107:24
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These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.
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Psalms 107:25
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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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Psalms 107:26
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They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
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Psalms 107:27
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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
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Psalms 107:28
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Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
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Psalms 107:29
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He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.
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Psalms 107:30
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Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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Psalms 107:31
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Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Psalms 107:32
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Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
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Psalms 107:33
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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
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Psalms 107:34
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A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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Psalms 107:35
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He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
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Psalms 107:36
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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,
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Psalms 107:37
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And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.
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Psalms 107:38
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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Psalms 107:39
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Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
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Psalms 107:40
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He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
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Psalms 107:41
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Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.
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Psalms 107:42
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The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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Psalms 107:43
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Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah. Psalm 108 A Song, A Psalm of David.
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