Psalm 107 | Hoffnung für alle

Hoffnung für alle

Herr, du hast uns gerettet!

1 Dankt dem HERRN, denn er ist gut, und seine Gnade hört niemals auf! 2 Dies sollen alle bekennen, die der HERR erlöst hat. Ja, er hat sie aus der Gewalt ihrer Unterdrücker befreit 3 und aus fernen Ländern wieder zurückgebracht – aus Ost und West, aus Nord und Süd. 4 Manche irrten in der trostlosen Wüste umher und konnten keinen bewohnten Ort finden. 5 Hunger und Durst raubten ihnen alle Kraft, sie waren der Verzweiflung nahe. 6 In auswegloser Lage schrien sie zum HERRN, und er rettete sie aus ihrer Not. 7 Er half ihnen, den richtigen Weg zu finden, und führte sie zu einer bewohnten Stadt. 8 Sie sollen den HERRN preisen für seine Gnade und für seine Wunder, die er uns Menschen erleben lässt! 9 Denn er hat den Verdurstenden zu trinken gegeben, die Hungernden versorgte er mit reichlich Nahrung. 10 Andere lagen in der Finsternis gefangen und litten unter ihren schweren Fesseln. 11 Sie hatten missachtet, was Gott ihnen sagte, und die Weisungen des Höchsten in den Wind geschlagen. 12 Darum zerbrach er ihren Stolz durch Mühsal und Leid; sie lagen am Boden, und keiner half ihnen auf. 13 In auswegloser Lage schrien sie zum HERRN, und er rettete sie aus ihrer Not. 14 Er holte sie aus den finsteren Kerkern heraus und riss ihre Fesseln entzwei. 15 Sie sollen den HERRN preisen für seine Gnade und für seine Wunder, die er uns Menschen erleben lässt! 16 Denn er hat die gepanzerten Türen zerschmettert und die eisernen Riegel aufgebrochen. 17 Andere hatten leichtfertig gesündigt; wegen ihrer Verfehlungen siechten sie nun dahin. 18 Zuletzt ekelten sie sich vor jeder Speise und standen schon an der Schwelle des Todes. 19 In auswegloser Lage schrien sie zum HERRN, und er rettete sie aus ihrer Not. 20 Er sprach nur ein Wort, und sie wurden gesund. So bewahrte er sie vor dem sicheren Tod. 21 Sie sollen den HERRN preisen für seine Gnade und für seine Wunder, die er uns Menschen erleben lässt! 22 Aus Dank sollen sie ihm Opfergaben bringen und voll Freude von seinen Taten erzählen! 23 Wieder andere segelten aufs Meer hinaus, um mit ihren Schiffen Handel zu treiben. 24 Dort erlebten sie die Macht des HERRN, auf hoher See wurden sie Zeugen seiner Wunder. 25 Nur ein Wort von ihm – und ein Sturm peitschte das Meer. Wogen türmten sich auf, 26 warfen die Schiffe hoch in die Luft und stießen sie sogleich wieder in die Tiefe. Da verloren die Seeleute jede Hoffnung. 27 Sie wankten und taumelten wie Betrunkene, mit ihrer Weisheit waren sie am Ende. 28 In auswegloser Lage schrien sie zum HERRN, und er rettete sie aus ihrer Not. 29 Er bannte die tödliche Gefahr: Der Sturm legte sich, und die Wellen wurden ruhig. 30 Da jubelten sie, dass endlich Stille herrschte! Gott brachte sie in den sicheren Hafen, an das ersehnte Ziel. 31 Sie sollen den HERRN preisen für seine Gnade und für seine Wunder, die er uns Menschen erleben lässt! 32 Vor der ganzen Gemeinde sollen sie ihn rühmen und ihn loben vor dem Rat der führenden Männer. 33 Gott verwandelt wasserreiches Land in dürre Wüste, und wo vorher Quellen sprudelten, entstehen trostlose Steppen. 34 Fruchtbare Gebiete lässt er zur Salzwüste veröden, wenn die Bosheit der Bewohner dort überhandnimmt. 35 Doch er verwandelt auch dürres Land in eine Oase und lässt mitten in der Steppe Quellen aufbrechen. 36 Hungernde Menschen siedeln sich dort an und gründen Städte, um darin zu wohnen. 37 Sie bestellen die Felder, legen Weinberge an und bringen Jahr für Jahr eine reiche Ernte ein. 38 Gott segnet sie mit vielen Kindern und vergrößert ihre Viehherden immer mehr. 39 Doch wenn sie immer weniger werden, wenn sie gebeugt sind von Unglück und Leid, 40 dann macht Gott ihre Unterdrücker zum Gespött und lässt sie in der Wüste umherirren. 41 Die Hilflosen aber rettet er aus ihrem Elend und lässt ihre Familien wachsen wie große Herden. 42 Die aufrichtigen Menschen sehen es voll Freude, und alle niederträchtigen müssen verstummen. 43 Wer verständig ist, der soll immer wieder daran denken und erkennen, auf welch vielfache Weise der HERR seine Gnade zeigt!

New International Reader’s Version

von Biblica

1 Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good. His faithful love continues for ever. 2 Let those who have been set free by the LORD tell their story. He set them free from the power of the enemy. 3 He brought them back from other lands. He brought them back from east and west, from north and south. 4 Some of them wandered in deserts that were dry and empty. They couldn’t find a city where they could make their homes. 5 They were hungry and thirsty. Their lives were slipping away. 6 Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles. 7 He led them straight to a city where they could make their homes. 8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people. 9 He gives those who are thirsty all the water they want. He gives those who are hungry all the good food they can eat. 10 Others lived in the deepest darkness. They suffered as prisoners in iron chains. 11 That’s because they hadn’t obeyed the commands of God. They had refused to follow the plans of the Most High God. 12 So he made them do work that was hard and bitter. They tripped and fell, and there was no one to help them. 13 Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles. 14 He brought them out of the deepest darkness. He broke their chains off. 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people. 16 He breaks down gates that are made of bronze. He cuts through bars that are made of iron. 17 Others were foolish. They suffered because of their sins. They suffered because they wouldn’t obey the LORD. 18 They refused to eat anything. They came close to passing through the gates of death. 19 Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles. 20 He gave his command and healed them. He saved them from the grave. 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people. 22 Let them sacrifice thank-offerings. Let them talk about what he has done as they sing with joy. 23 Some people sailed out on the ocean in ships. They traded goods on the mighty waters. 24 They saw the works of the LORD. They saw the wonderful deeds he did on the ocean. 25 He spoke and stirred up a storm. It lifted the waves high. 26 They rose up to the heavens. Then they went down deep into the ocean. In that kind of danger the people’s boldness melted away. 27 They were unsteady like people who have become drunk. They didn’t know what to do. 28 Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he brought them out of their troubles. 29 He made the storm as quiet as a whisper. The waves of the ocean calmed down. 30 The people were glad when the ocean became calm. Then he guided them to the harbour they were looking for. 31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people. 32 Let them honour him among his people who gather for worship. Let them praise him in the meeting of the elders. 33 He turned rivers into a desert. He turned flowing springs into thirsty ground. 34 He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil. 35 He turned the desert into pools of water. He turned the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs. 36 He brought hungry people there to live. They built a city where they could make their homes. 37 They planted fields and vineyards that produced large crops. 38 He blessed the people, and they greatly increased their numbers. He kept their herds from getting smaller. 39 Then the number of God’s people got smaller. They were made humble by trouble, suffering and sorrow. 40 The God who looks down on proud nobles made them wander in a desert where no one lives. 41 But he lifted needy people out of their suffering. He made their families increase like flocks of sheep. 42 Honest people see it and are filled with joy. But no one who is evil has anything to say. 43 Let those who are wise pay attention to these things. Let them think about the loving deeds of the LORD.

English Standard Version

von Crossway

Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So

1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! (Ps 100,5; Ps 105,1) 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble^[1] (Ps 106,10; Jes 62,12; Jes 63,4) 3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. (5Mo 30,3; Ps 106,47; Jes 11,12; Jes 43,5; Jes 56,8; Jer 29,14; Jer 31,8; Jer 31,10; Hes 20,34; Hes 20,41; Hes 39,27)

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4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; (5Mo 32,10; Ps 107,36; Ps 107,40) 5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. (Ps 77,3) 6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 106,44; Ps 107,13; Ps 107,19; Ps 107,28)

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7 He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in. (Esr 8,21; Ps 107,4) 8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,15; Ps 107,21; Ps 107,31) 9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. (Ps 34,10; Ps 146,7; Lk 1,53) 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons, (Hi 10,21; Hi 36,8; Ps 107,14; Jes 42,7; Jes 49,9; Mi 7,8; Lk 1,79)

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11 for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. (5Mo 31,20; Ps 78,40; Ps 106,7; Ps 106,33; Ps 106,43; Spr 1,30; Spr 5,12; Spr 15,5; Lk 7,30)

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12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help. (Ps 22,11) 13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 107,6; Ps 107,19; Ps 107,28) 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. (Ps 2,3; Ps 107,10) 15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,8; Ps 107,21; Ps 107,31) 16 For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron. (Jes 45,2) 17 Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction; (Spr 1,7; Spr 14,9) 18 they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. (Hi 33,20; Hi 33,22; Hi 38,17; Ps 88,3)

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19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 107,6; Ps 107,13; Ps 107,28) 20 He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. (2Kön 20,5; Hi 33,29; Ps 30,2; Ps 103,4; Ps 147,15; Ps 147,18; Mt 8,8)

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21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,8; Ps 107,15; Ps 107,31) 22 And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy! (Ps 9,11; Ps 50,14; Ps 105,43; Ps 118,17)

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23 Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; (Jes 42,10) 24 they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep. 25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. (Ps 105,31; Ps 105,34; Ps 148,8; Jon 1,4)

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26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight; (Ps 22,14; Ps 119,28) 27 they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits’ end.^[2] (Hi 12,25; Jes 19,3; Jes 24,20; Jes 29,9)

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28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 107,6; Ps 107,13; Ps 107,19) 29 He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. (Ps 65,7) 30 Then they were glad that the waters^[3] were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven. 31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,8; Ps 107,15; Ps 107,21) 32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. (Ps 22,22; Ps 22,25; Ps 99,5) 33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, (Jes 42,15; Jes 50,2) 34 a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants. (1Mo 13,10; 1Mo 14,3; 1Mo 19,24; 5Mo 29,23)

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35 He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. (Hi 38,26; Ps 114,8; Jes 35,6; Jes 41,18; Jes 43,19)

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36 And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in; (Ps 107,4; Ps 107,7) 37 they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield. 38 By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish. (1Mo 12,2; 1Mo 17,20; 2Mo 1,7) 39 When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow, 40 he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; (5Mo 32,10; Hi 12,21; Hi 12,24) 41 but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks. (1Sam 2,8; Hi 21,11; Ps 113,7) 42 The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth. (Hi 22,19; Ps 63,11) 43 Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. (Ps 64,9; Jer 9,12; Hos 14,9)