Psalms, 106

Confitemini Domino.

[1] Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. •

[2] Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries. •

[3] From the rising and from the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea. •

[4] They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation. •

[5] They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. •

[6] And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

[7] And he led them into the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. •

[8] Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men. •

[9] For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.

[10] Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron. •

[11] Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the counsel of the most High: •

[12] And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and there was none to help them. •

[13] Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

[14] And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder. •

[15] Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

[16] Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst iron bars.

[17] He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices. •

[18] Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

[19] And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

[20] He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions. •

[21] Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men.

[22] And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy. •

[23] They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters: •

[24] These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. •

[25] He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.

[26] They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils. •

[27] They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up. •

[28] And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.

[29] And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still. •

[30] And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for. •

[31] Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men. •

[32] And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients. •

[33] He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of waters into dry ground: •

[34] A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. •

[35] He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry land into water springs. •

[36] And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation. •

[37] And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth. •

[38] And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

[39] Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

[40] Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way. •

[41] And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep. •

[42] The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. •

[43] Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord? •