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| [1]Confesse you [it] vnto God: for he is gratious, and his mercy endureth for euer |
[1]O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. |
| [2]Let such as God did redeme speake: whom he hath redeemed from the hande of the enemie |
[2]Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; |
| [3]And whom he gathered out of the landes: from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south |
[3]And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. |
| [4](107:4a) They went astray out of the way in solitarines [and] in wildernes, and found no citie to dwell in |
[4]They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. |
| [5](107:4b) they were hungry and thirstie, their soule fainted in them |
[5]Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
| [6](107:5) And they cry vnto god in their trouble: who deliuereth them from their distresse |
[6]Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. |
| [7](107:6) And he leadeth them foorth by the right way: that they might go to the citie inhabited |
[7]And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. |
| [8](107:7) O that men would confesse vnto God his louyng kindnesse: and his marueylous actes [done] to the chyldren of men |
[8]Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| [9](107:8) For he satisfieth the greedie soule: and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes |
[9]For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. |
| [10](107:9) Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron |
[10]Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, being bound in affliction and iron; |
| [11](107:10) Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde: and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest |
[11]Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High: |
| [12](107:11) Therfore he humbled their heart thorowe heauines: they fall downe, and there is none to helpe them |
[12]Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. |
| [13](107:12) And they cry vnto god in their trouble: who deliuereth the out of their distresse |
[13]Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. |
| [14](107:13) For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder |
[14]He brought them out of darkness and the shades of death, and broke their bands asunder. |
| [15](107:14) O that men would confesse vnto God: his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes [done] to the chyldren of men |
[15]Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| [16](107:15) For he breaketh the gates of brasse: & smyteth the barres of iron in sunder |
[16]For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder. |
| [17](107:16) Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes: & for their wickednes |
[17]Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. |
| [18](107:17) Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate: and they be euen harde at deathes doore |
[18]Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death. |
| [19](107:18) And they crye vnto God in their trouble: who deliuereth them out of their distresse |
[19]Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, he saveth them out of their distresses. |
| [20](107:19) he sendeth his worde & healeth them: and he maketh them to scape safe from their corruptnes |
[20]He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. |
| [21](107:20) O that men would confesse vnto God: his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes [done] to the chyldren of men |
[21]Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| [22](107:21) And that they would offer [vnto him] sacrifices of thankes geuing: and set foorth in wordes his workes with a ioyfull noyse |
[22]And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. |
| [23](107:22a) Such as go downe to the sea in ships and folowe their busines in great waters |
[23]They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters; |
| [24](107:22b) they see the workes of God, and his wonders in the deepe |
[24]These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. |
| [25](107:23) For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise: and he lifteth vp on high his waues |
[25]For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up its waves. |
| [26](107:24) [Then] they ascende vp to heauen, and come downe agayne to the deepe: so that their soule melteth away through trouble |
[26]They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. |
| [27](107:25) They reele to and fro, and they do stacker like a drunken man: and their wysdome fayleth them |
[27]They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. |
| [28](107:26) And they cry vnto god in their trouble: who deliuereth the out of their distresse |
[28]Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. |
| [29](107:27) For he maketh the storme to ceasse: so that the waues therof are still |
[29]He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves of the sea are still. |
| [30](107:28) Then be they glad because they are at rest: and he bringeth them to the hauen where they woulde be |
[30]Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he bringeth them to their desired haven. |
| [31](107:29) O that men would confesse vnto god: his louyng kyndnes and meruaylous actes [done] to the chyldren of men |
[31]Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| [32](107:30) And that they would exalt him in the congregation of the people: and prayse him in the consistorie of the aged |
[32]Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. |
| [33](107:31) He turneth fluddes into a wildernes: and waterspringes into a drye grounde |
[33]He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground; |
| [34](107:32) He [maketh] a fruitfull grounde barren: for the wickednes of them that dwell therein |
[34]A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it. |
| [35](107:33) [Contrary] he reduceth a wyldernes into a standing water: and a drye ground into water springes |
[35]He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs. |
| [36](107:34) And he setteth there the hungry: and they buylde them a citie to dwell in |
[36]And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; |
| [37](107:35) And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes: and they yelde [vnto them] aboundant store of fruites |
[37]And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. |
| [38](107:36) He blesseth them, so that they multiplie exceedingly: and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease |
[38]He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
| [39](107:37) But [when they do fall from God,] they are diminished & brought low: through oppression, calamitie, & griefe of minde |
[39]Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. |
| [40](107:38) He bringeth princes into contempt: & he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all |
[40]He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. |
| [41](107:39) Yet he exalteth the poore out of miserie: and geueth him housholdes equall to flockes of cattell |
[41]Yet he setteth the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. |
| [42](107:40) The righteous will marke [this] and reioyce: and the mouth of all wickednesse shalbe stopped |
[42]The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. |
| [43](107:41) Whosoeuer is wyse, he wyll both obserue these thinges: and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God |
[43]Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD. |