Psalms 107:6-9

107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:7 He led them on a level road, ¹ 

that they might find a city in which to live.

107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ² 

107:9 For he has satisfied those who thirst, ³ 

and those who hunger he has filled with food. ⁴ 

Psalms 107:13-16

107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, ⁵ 

and tore off their shackles.

107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ⁶ 

107:16 For he shattered the bronze gates,

and hacked through the iron bars. ⁷ 

Psalms 107:19-22

107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:20 He sent them an assuring word ⁸  and healed them;

he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. ⁹ 

107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹⁰ 

107:22 Let them present thank offerings,

and loudly proclaim what he has done! ¹¹ 

Psalms 107:28-32

107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;

he delivered them from their troubles.

107:29 He calmed the storm, ¹² 

and the waves ¹³  grew silent.

107:30 The sailors ¹⁴  rejoiced because the waves ¹⁵  grew quiet,

and he led them to the harbor ¹⁶  they desired.

107:31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹⁷ 

107:32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people!

Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! ¹⁸ 

[107:7]  ¹ sn A level road. See Jer 31:9.

[107:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”

[107:9]  ¹ tn Heb “[the] longing throat.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh), which frequently refers to one’s very being or soul, here probably refers to one’s parched “throat” (note the parallelism with נֶפֱשׁ רְעֵבָה, nefesh rÿ’evah, “hungry throat”).

[107:9]  ² tn Heb “and [the] hungry throat he has filled [with] good.”

[107:14]  ¹ tn Heb “darkness and deep darkness.” See the note on the word “darkness” in v. 10.

[107:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:16]  ¹ sn The language of v. 16 recalls Isa 45:2.

[107:20]  ¹ tn Heb “he sent his word.” This probably refers to an oracle of assurance which announced his intention to intervene (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 59).

[107:20]  ² tn Heb “he rescued from their traps.” The Hebrew word שְׁחִית (shekhit, “trap”) occurs only here and in Lam 4:20, where it refers to a trap or pit in which one is captured. Because of the rarity of the term and the absence of an object with the verb “rescued,” some prefer to emend the text of Ps 107:20, reading מִשַׁחַת חַיָּתָם (mishakhat khayyatam, “[he rescued] their lives from the pit”). Note also NIV “from the grave,” which interprets the “pit” as Sheol or the grave.

[107:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and let them proclaim his works with a ringing cry.”

[107:29]  ¹ tn Heb “he raised [the] storm to calm.”

[107:29]  ² tn Heb “their waves.” The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not readily apparent, unless it refers back to “waters” in v. 23.

[107:30]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the sailors) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[107:30]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the waves) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[107:30]  ³ tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT.

[107:31]  ¹ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:32]  ¹ tn Heb “in the seat of the elders.”