Verse 42
Psalms 107:42
New Living Translation
42
The godly will see these things and be glad,<br>while the wicked are struck silent.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִרְא֣וּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְ/יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ/כָל עַ֝וְלָ֗ה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽי/הָ
English Translation
Let the upright see and rejoice, and let every injustice close its mouth.
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Chapter 107 Context
1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!<br>His faithful love endures forever.<br>
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Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out!<br>Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.<br>
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3
For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,<br>from east and west,<br>from north and south.<br>
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Some wandered in the wilderness,<br>lost and homeless.<br>
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Hungry and thirsty,<br>they nearly died.<br>
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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,<br>and he rescued them from their distress.<br>
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He led them straight to safety,<br>to a city where they could live.<br>
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Let them praise the LORD for his great love<br>and for the wonderful things he has done for them.<br...
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9
For he satisfies the thirsty<br>and fills the hungry with good things.<br>
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10
Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,<br>imprisoned in iron chains of misery.<br>
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They rebelled against the words of God (Elohim),<br>scorning the counsel of the Most High.<br>
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12
That is why he broke them with hard labor;<br>they fell, and no one was there to help them.<br>
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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,<br>and he saved them from their distress.<br>
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He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;<br>he snapped their chains.<br>
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15
Let them praise the LORD for his great love<br>and for the wonderful things he has done for them.<br...
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For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;<br>he cut apart their bars of iron.<br>
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Some were fools; they rebelled<br>and suffered for their sins.<br>
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They couldn’t stand the thought of food,<br>and they were knocking on death’s door.<br>
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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,<br>and he saved them from their distress.<br>
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He sent out his word and healed them,<br>snatching them from the door of death.<br>
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21
Let them praise the LORD for his great love<br>and for the wonderful things he has done for them.<br...
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22
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving<br>and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.<br>
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23
Some went off to sea in ships,<br>plying the trade routes of the world.<br>
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24
They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action,<br>his impressive works on the deepest seas.<br>
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He spoke, and the winds rose,<br>stirring up the waves.<br>
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Their ships were tossed to the heavens<br>and plunged again to the depths;<br>the sailors cringed in...
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They reeled and staggered like drunkards<br>and were at their wits’ end.<br>
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“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,<br>and he saved them from their distress.<br>
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He calmed the storm to a whisper<br>and stilled the waves.<br>
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What a blessing was that stillness<br>as he brought them safely into harbor!<br>
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31
Let them praise the LORD for his great love<br>and for the wonderful things he has done for them.<br...
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32
Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation<br>and before the leaders of the nation.<br>
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33
He changes rivers into deserts,<br>and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.<br>
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He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,<br>because of the wickedness of those who live the...
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But he also turns deserts into pools of water,<br>the dry land into springs of water.<br>
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He brings the hungry to settle there<br>and to build their cities.<br>
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They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,<br>and harvest their bumper crops.<br>
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How he blesses them!<br>They raise large families there,<br>and their herds of livestock increase.<b...
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39
When they decrease in number and become impoverished<br>through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,<br>
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the LORD pours contempt on their princes,<br>causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.<br>
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But he rescues the poor from trouble<br>and increases their families like flocks of sheep.<br>
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42
The godly will see these things and be glad,<br>while the wicked are struck silent.<br>
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Those who are wise will take all this to heart;<br>they will see in our history the faithful love of...
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