The Psalms of David
Day 22. Morning Prayer
Psalm 107.
Confitemini Domino
O give thanks
unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for
ever.
2 Let them
give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed : and delivered from the
hand of the enemy;
3 And
gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west :
from the north and from the south.
4 They went
astray in the wilderness out of the way : and found no city to
dwell in;
5 Hungry and
thirsty : their soul fainted in them.
6 So they
cried unto the Lord in their trouble : and he delivered them from
their distress.
7 He led them
forth by the right way : that they might go to the city where they
dwelt.
8 O that men
would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
9 For he
satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.
10 Such as
sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : being fast bound in
misery and iron;
11 Because
they rebelled against the words of the Lord : and lightly regarded
the counsel of the most Highest;
12 He also
brought down their heart through heaviness : they fell down, and
there was none to help them.
13 So when
they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out
of their distress.
14 For he
brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death : and
brake their bonds in sunder.
15 O that men
would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
16 For he
hath broken the gates of brass : and smitten the bars of iron in
sunder.
17 Foolish
men are plagued for their offence : and because of their
wickedness.
18 Their soul
abhorred all manner of meat : and they were even hard at death's
door.
19 So when
they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out
of their distress.
20 He sent
his word, and healed them : and they were saved from their
destruction.
21 O that men
would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
22 That they
would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving : and tell out
his works with gladness!
23 They that
go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great
waters;
24 These men
see the works of the Lord : and his wonders in the deep.
25 For at his
word the stormy wind ariseth : which lifteth up the waves
thereof.
26 They are
carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul
melteth away because of the trouble.
27 They reel
to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits'
end.
28 So when
they cry unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivereth them out of
their distress.
29 For he
maketh the storm to cease : so that the waves thereof are
still.
30 Then are
they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto
the haven where they would be.
31 O that men
would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
32 That they
would exalt him also in the congregation of the people : and praise
him in the seat of the elders!
33 Who
turneth the floods into a wilderness : and drieth up the
water-springs.
34 A fruitful
land maketh he barren : for the wickedness of them that dwell
therein.
35 Again, he
maketh the wilderness a standing water : and water-springs of a dry
ground.
36 And there
he setteth the hungry : that they may build them a city to dwell
in;
37 That they
may sow their land, and plant vineyards : to yield them fruits of
increase.
38 He
blesseth them so that they multiply exceedingly : and suffereth not
their cattle to decrease.
39 And again,
when they are minished and brought low : through oppression,
through any plague or trouble;
40 Though he
suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants : and let them
wander out of the way in the wilderness;
41 Yet
helpeth he the poor out of misery : and maketh him households like
a flock of sheep.
42 The
righteous will consider this, and rejoice : and the mouth of all
wickedness shall be stopped.
43 Whoso is
wise will ponder these things : and they shall understand the
loving-kindness of the Lord.
Text from The Book of Common Prayer, the
rights in which are vested in the Crown,
is reproduced by permission of the Crown's Patentee, Cambridge
University Press.