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1081 - 1106, Psalm 107

All these gifts...in one Psalm!

1081. God speaking through his word & His...
1082. Enduring love
1083. Redemption
1084. Deliverance
1085. Unfailing love
1086. Wonderful deeds
1087. Satisfaction in Him
1088. Subjection
1089. The ability to cry out to Him
1090. then...HE SAVES
1091. He breaks away chains
1092. He heals
1093. He rescues
1094. He fills us with songs of joy
1095. He brings us out of distress
1096. He stills the storm
1097. He guides
1098. We exalt
1099. He blesses
1100. He increases our numbers
1101. He humbles us through oppression, calamity & sorrow
1102. He lifts up the needy
1103. He increases our families
1104. We see and rejoice
1105. We heed these things
1106. We ponder the loving deeds of the Lord



Psalm 107 (Emphasis Mine)
1 Give thanks to the LORD,
for he is good;  his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
 from east and west, from north and south.[a]
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
 and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
 and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
 to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD
 for his unfailing love
 and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
 and fills the hungry with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,
 prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
 and despised the plans of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
 they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
 and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness,
the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD
for his unfailing love    and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
 and cuts through bars of iron.
17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways
 and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
 and he saved them from their distress.
20 He sent out his word and healed them;
 he rescued them from the grave.
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD
for his unfailing love
 and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings
 and tell of his works with songs of joy.
23 Some went out on the sea in ships;
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the LORD,
 his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
 that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens
and went down to the depths;
 in their peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards;
 they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
 and he brought them out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
 the waves of the sea[b] were hushed.
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
 and he guided them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD
for his unfailing love and
his wonderful deeds for mankind.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
 and praise him in the council of the elders.
33 He turned rivers into a desert,
 flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
 because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water
 and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
 and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards
 that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their
numbers greatly increased,
and he did not let their herds diminish.
39 Then their numbers decreased,
and they were humbled by oppression,
calamity and sorrow
;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles
 made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
 and increased their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice,
 but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43 Let the one who is wise heed these things
 and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD.

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