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107:1
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O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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107:2
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Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
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107:3
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And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
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107:4
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They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
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107:5
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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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107:6
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Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
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107:7
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And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
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107:8
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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107:9
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For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
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107:10
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
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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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107:12
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Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
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107:13
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Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
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107:14
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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
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107:15
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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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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107:17
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Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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107:18
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Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
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107:19
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Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
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107:20
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He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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107:21
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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107:22
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And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
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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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107:24
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These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
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107:25
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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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107:26
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They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
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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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107:28
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Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
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107:29
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He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
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107:30
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Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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107:31
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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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107:32
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Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
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107:33
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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
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107:34
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A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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107:35
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He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
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107:36
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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
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107:37
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And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
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107:38
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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107:39
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Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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107:40
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
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107:41
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Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
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107:42
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The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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107:43
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Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
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