1Danket dem HERRN; denn er ist freundlich, und seine Güte währet ewiglich. (Ps 106,1)2So sollen sagen, die erlöst sind durch den HERRN, die er aus der Not erlöst hat,3die er aus den Ländern zusammengebracht hat von Osten und Westen, von Norden und Süden.4Die irregingen in der Wüste, auf ungebahntem Wege, und fanden keine Stadt, in der sie wohnen konnten,5die hungrig und durstig waren und deren Seele verschmachtete,6die dann zum HERRN riefen in ihrer Not und er errettete sie aus ihren Ängsten7und führte sie den richtigen Weg, dass sie kamen zur Stadt, in der sie wohnen konnten:8Die sollen dem HERRN danken für seine Güte / und für seine Wunder, die er an den Menschenkindern tut,9dass er sättigt die durstige Seele und die Hungrigen füllt mit Gutem. (Lk 1,53)10Die da sitzen mussten in Finsternis und Dunkel, gefangen in Zwang und Eisen,11weil sie Gottes Worten ungehorsam waren und den Ratschluss des Höchsten verachtet hatten,12sodass er ihr Herz durch Unglück beugte und sie stürzten und ihnen niemand half,13die dann zum HERRN riefen in ihrer Not und er half ihnen aus ihren Ängsten14und führte sie aus Finsternis und Dunkel und zerriss ihre Bande:15Die sollen dem HERRN danken für seine Güte / und für seine Wunder, die er an den Menschenkindern tut,16dass er zerbrach eherne Türen und zerschlug eiserne Riegel.17Die Toren, die geplagt waren um ihrer Übertretung und um ihrer Sünde willen,18dass ihnen ekelte vor aller Speise und sie nahe waren den Pforten des Todes,19die dann zum HERRN riefen in ihrer Not und er half ihnen aus ihren Ängsten,20er sandte sein Wort und machte sie gesund und errettete sie, dass sie nicht starben:21Die sollen dem HERRN danken für seine Güte / und für seine Wunder, die er an den Menschenkindern tut,22und sollen Dank opfern und erzählen seine Werke mit Freuden.23Die mit Schiffen auf dem Meere fuhren und trieben ihren Handel auf großen Wassern,24die des HERRN Werke erfahren haben und seine Wunder im Meer,25wenn er sprach und einen Sturmwind erregte, der die Wellen erhob, (Ps 104,4; Jon 1,4)26und sie gen Himmel fuhren und in den Abgrund sanken, dass ihre Seele vor Angst verzagte,27dass sie taumelten und wankten wie ein Trunkener und wussten keinen Rat mehr,28die dann zum HERRN schrien in ihrer Not und er führte sie aus ihren Ängsten29und stillte das Ungewitter, dass die Wellen sich legten30und sie froh wurden, dass es still geworden war und er sie zum ersehnten Hafen brachte:31Die sollen dem HERRN danken für seine Güte / und für seine Wunder, die er an den Menschenkindern tut,32und ihn in der Gemeinde preisen und bei den Alten rühmen.33Er machte Ströme zur Wüste und Wasserquellen zum öden Land,34dass fruchtbares Land zur Salzwüste wurde wegen der Bosheit derer, die dort wohnten. (1Mo 19,24)35Er machte das Trockene wieder wasserreich und gab dem dürren Lande Wasserquellen (Jes 41,18)36und ließ die Hungrigen dort bleiben, dass sie eine Stadt bauten, in der sie wohnen konnten,37und Äcker besäten und Weinberge pflanzten, die reichlich Früchte trugen.38Und er segnete sie, dass sie sich sehr mehrten, und gab ihnen viel Vieh.39Aber sie wurden gering an Zahl und geschwächt von der Last des Unglücks und des Kummers.40Er schüttete Verachtung aus auf die Fürsten und ließ sie irren in der Wüste, wo kein Weg ist; (Hi 12,21)41aber die Armen schützte er vor Elend und mehrte ihre Geschlechter wie eine Herde.42Das werden die Aufrichtigen sehen und sich freuen, und aller Bosheit wird das Maul gestopft werden. (Hi 22,19)43Wer ist weise und behält dies? Der wird merken, wie viel Wohltaten der HERR erweist.
Psalm 107
New International Reader’s Version
von Biblica1Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good. His faithful love continues for ever.2Let those who have been set free by the LORD tell their story. He set them free from the power of the enemy.3He brought them back from other lands. He brought them back from east and west, from north and south.4Some of them wandered in deserts that were dry and empty. They couldn’t find a city where they could make their homes.5They were hungry and thirsty. Their lives were slipping away.6Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles.7He led them straight to a city where they could make their homes.8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.9He gives those who are thirsty all the water they want. He gives those who are hungry all the good food they can eat.10Others lived in the deepest darkness. They suffered as prisoners in iron chains.11That’s because they hadn’t obeyed the commands of God. They had refused to follow the plans of the Most High God.12So he made them do work that was hard and bitter. They tripped and fell, and there was no one to help them.13Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles.14He brought them out of the deepest darkness. He broke their chains off.15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.16He breaks down gates that are made of bronze. He cuts through bars that are made of iron.17Others were foolish. They suffered because of their sins. They suffered because they wouldn’t obey the LORD.18They refused to eat anything. They came close to passing through the gates of death.19Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles.20He gave his command and healed them. He saved them from the grave.21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.22Let them sacrifice thank-offerings. Let them talk about what he has done as they sing with joy.23Some people sailed out on the ocean in ships. They traded goods on the mighty waters.24They saw the works of the LORD. They saw the wonderful deeds he did on the ocean.25He spoke and stirred up a storm. It lifted the waves high.26They rose up to the heavens. Then they went down deep into the ocean. In that kind of danger the people’s boldness melted away.27They were unsteady like people who have become drunk. They didn’t know what to do.28Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he brought them out of their troubles.29He made the storm as quiet as a whisper. The waves of the ocean calmed down.30The people were glad when the ocean became calm. Then he guided them to the harbour they were looking for.31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.32Let them honour him among his people who gather for worship. Let them praise him in the meeting of the elders.33He turned rivers into a desert. He turned flowing springs into thirsty ground.34He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.35He turned the desert into pools of water. He turned the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs.36He brought hungry people there to live. They built a city where they could make their homes.37They planted fields and vineyards that produced large crops.38He blessed the people, and they greatly increased their numbers. He kept their herds from getting smaller.39Then the number of God’s people got smaller. They were made humble by trouble, suffering and sorrow.40The God who looks down on proud nobles made them wander in a desert where no one lives.41But he lifted needy people out of their suffering. He made their families increase like flocks of sheep.42Honest people see it and are filled with joy. But no one who is evil has anything to say.43Let those who are wise pay attention to these things. Let them think about the loving deeds of the LORD.
1Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! (Ps 100,5; Ps 105,1)2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble[1] (Ps 106,10; Jes 62,12; Jes 63,4)3and 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)4Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; (5Mo 32,10; Ps 107,36; Ps 107,40)5hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. (Ps 77,3)6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 106,44; Ps 107,19; Ps 107,28)7He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in. (Esr 8,21; Ps 107,4)8Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,21; Ps 107,31)9For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. (Ps 34,10; Ps 146,7; Lk 1,53)10Some 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)11for 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)12So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help. (Ps 22,11)13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 107,19; Ps 107,28)14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. (Ps 2,3; Ps 10,1)15Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,21; Ps 107,31)16For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron. (Jes 45,2)17Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction; (Spr 1,7; Spr 14,9)18they 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)19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 107,13; Ps 107,28)20He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. (2Kön 20,5; Hi 33,29; Hi 33,30; Ps 30,2; Ps 30,3; Ps 103,4; Ps 147,15; Ps 147,18; Mt 8,8)21Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,15; Ps 107,31)22And 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)23Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; (Jes 42,10)24they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.25For 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)26They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight; (Ps 22,14; Ps 119,28)27they 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)28Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. (Ps 107,13; Ps 107,19)29He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. (Ps 65,7)30Then they were glad that the waters[3] were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.31Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! (Ps 107,15; Ps 107,21)32Let 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)33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, (Jes 42,15; Jes 50,2)34a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants. (1Mo 13,10; 1Mo 14,3; 5Mo 29,23)35He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. (Hi 38,26; Hi 38,27; Ps 114,8; Jes 35,6; Jes 35,7; Jes 41,18; Jes 43,19; Jes 43,20)36And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in; (Ps 107,4)37they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.38By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish. (1Mo 12,2; 1Mo 17,20; 2Mo 1,7)39When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,40he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; (5Mo 32,10; Hi 12,21; Hi 12,24)41but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks. (1Sam 2,8; Hi 21,11; Ps 113,7; Ps 113,8)42The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth. (Hi 22,19; Ps 63,11)43Whoever 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)