1Halleluja! Dankt dem HERRN, denn er ist gütig, und seine Gnade bleibt für alle Zeiten bestehen!2Das sollen alle sagen, die der HERR erlöst hat, die er aus der Gewalt ihrer Unterdrücker befreit3und aus fremden Ländern gesammelt hat, aus Ost und West, aus Nord und Süd[1].4Die einen irrten umher in der Wüste, auf öden, verlassenen Wegen; sie fanden keinen Ort, wo Menschen wohnten.5Hungrig waren sie und von Durst gequält, all ihr Lebenswille schwand dahin[2].6Da schrien sie zum HERRN in ihrer Not, und er befreite sie aus all ihren Ängsten.7Er führte sie auf den richtigen Weg, und so fanden sie einen bewohnten Ort.8Nun sollen sie dem HERRN danken für seine Güte und für seine Wunder, die er für die Menschen vollbringt[3].9Denn er hat den Durstigen erfrischt und den Hungrigen mit Gutem gesättigt.[4]10Andere mussten ihr Leben in Dunkelheit und Finsternis verbringen, von Leid gequält, in Ketten gefesselt,11denn sie hatten sich gegen Gottes Reden aufgelehnt und den Rat des Höchsten verächtlich ausgeschlagen.12So demütigte er ihr ´stolzes` Herz durch großes Elend; sie kamen zu Fall, und es gab niemand, der ihnen half.13Da schrien sie zum HERRN in ihrer Not, und er rettete sie aus all ihren Ängsten.14Er führte sie heraus aus Dunkelheit und Finsternis, und ihre Fesseln zerriss er.15Nun sollen sie dem HERRN danken für seine Güte und für seine Wunder, die er für die Menschen vollbringt.16Denn er zerbrach bronzene Türen, und eiserne Riegel schlug er entzwei.17Wieder andere waren so töricht und vermessen, ihr Weg voller Unrecht, ihr Tun voller Schuld, dass sie dadurch Leid und Elend über sich brachten.[5]18Jede Speise war ihnen nun zuwider, sie waren dem Tod schon nahe.[6]19Da schrien sie zum HERRN in ihrer Not, und er rettete sie aus all ihren Ängsten.20Er schickte ihnen sein befreiendes Wort und heilte sie, er bewahrte sie vor dem sicheren Tod[7].21Nun sollen sie dem HERRN danken für seine Güte und für seine Wunder, die er für die Menschen vollbringt.22Dankopfer sollen sie darbringen und von Gottes Taten erzählen unter lautem Jubel.23Wieder andere befuhren mit Schiffen das Meer und trieben Handel auf weiter See.24Sie sahen die machtvollen Taten des HERRN und seine Wunder mitten im Tosen des Wassers[8].25Er sprach ´nur ein Wort` und ließ einen mächtigen Sturm aufkommen, der die Wogen des Meeres hoch auftürmte.26Ihr Schiff wurde gen Himmel geschleudert, dann hinuntergestürzt in die Wellentäler, und sie verloren allen Mut[9].27Sie taumelten und wankten wie Betrunkene, mit all ihrer Weisheit war es vorbei.28Da schrien sie zum HERRN in ihrer Not, und er holte sie aus all ihren Ängsten heraus.29Er verwandelte den Sturm in Windstille, die Wellen des Meeres beruhigten sich.30Wie froh war man ´auf dem Schiff`, dass sich die Wogen legten und Gott sie den ersehnten Hafen erreichen ließ!31Nun sollen sie dem HERRN danken für seine Güte und für seine Wunder, die er für die Menschen vollbringt.32Rühmen sollen sie ihn in der Volksversammlung und im Ältestenrat ihn loben.33Er verwandelte[10] Flusslandschaften in trockene Wüsten, Quellgebiete in dürre Steppen.34Fruchtbares Land machte er zur Salzwüste wegen der Bosheit derer, die dort wohnten.35Dann wieder ließ er in der Wüste Wasserteiche entstehen, in vertrockneten Gegenden sprudelnde Quellen.36Dort ließ er Menschen sesshaft werden, die zuvor Hunger gelitten hatten; nun konnten sie dort Städte gründen.37Sie besäten Felder, legten Weinberge an und brachten eine reiche Ernte ein.38Er segnete sie, und sie wurden sehr zahlreich; auch ließ er ihre Herden immer größer werden.39Doch dann verringerte sich die Zahl der Bewohner wieder, Unglück drückte sie nieder, Kummer und Sorge zehrten sie aus.40Gott goss seine Verachtung über die einflussreichen Männer und ließ sie umherirren auf öden Wegen ohne Ziel.41Die Armen aber entriss er ihrem Elend, ihre Sippen ließ er so zahlreich werden wie Herden auf der Weide.42Aufrichtige Menschen sehen dies und freuen sich, alle Bosheit jedoch muss verstummen.43Wer weise ist, der achte mit Sorgfalt darauf und lerne zu verstehen, wie vielfältig der HERR seine Gnade 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 107,13; 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 107,15; 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 107,6; 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 107,10)15Let 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)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 107,6; 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; Ps 30,2; 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 107,8; 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 107,6; 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 107,8; 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; 1Mo 19,24; 5Mo 29,23)35He 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)36And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in; (Ps 107,4; Ps 107,7)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)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)