Sunday, March 30, 2003

Psalm 107:1-15 (NRSV)

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Verse ¹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.

Verse ²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble

Verse ³and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Verse ⁴Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town;

Verse ⁵hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.

Verse ⁶Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

Verse ⁷he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town.

Verse ⁸Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.

Verse ⁹For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

Verse ¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in misery and in irons,

Verse ¹¹for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

Verse ¹²Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with no one to help.

Verse ¹³Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress;

Verse ¹⁴he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.

Verse ¹⁵Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to humankind.