Book - Psalms - Chapter = 107 --> NLT
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
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Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has saved you from your enemies.
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For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.
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Some wandered in the desert, lost and homeless.
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Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died.
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"LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress.
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He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live.
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Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for all his wonderful deeds to them.
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For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
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Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, miserable prisoners in chains.
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They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High.
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That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one helped them rise again.
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"LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
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He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains.
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Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for all his wonderful deeds to them.
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For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron.
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Some were fools in their rebellion; they suffered for their sins.
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Their appetites were gone, and death was near.
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"LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
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He spoke, and they were healed--snatched from the door of death.
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Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for all his wonderful deeds to them.
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Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
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Some went off in ships, plying the trade routes of the world.
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They, too, observed the LORD's power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas.
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He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves.
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Their ships were tossed to the heavens and sank again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror.
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They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits' end.
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"LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
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He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves.
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What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor!
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Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for all his wonderful deeds to them.
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Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation.
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He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry land.
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He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.
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But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into flowing springs.
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He brings the hungry to settle there and build their cities.
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They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops.
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How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of cattle increase.
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When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
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the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.
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But he rescues the poor from their distress and increases their families like vast flocks of sheep.
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The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are stricken silent.
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Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.