09/02/2026
REPENTANCE AND PRAISE!!
Psalm 107 Living Bible
Say thank you to the Lord for being so good, for always being so loving and kind. 2 ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ! ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ. 3 ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก. ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ. 6 โ๐๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ!โ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐! 7 He led them straight to safety and a place to live. 8 ๐๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ! 9 For he satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with good. 10 Who are these who sit in darkness, in the shadow of death, crushed by misery and slavery? 11 ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ; they fell and none could help them rise again. 13 ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ! 14 He led them from the darkness and shadow of death and snapped their chains. 15 ๐๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ! 16 For he broke down their prison gates of brass and cut apart their iron bars. 17 ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. 18 Their appetites were gone, and death was near. 19 ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐๐โ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก. 21 ๐๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ! 22 ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ. 23 And then there are ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ, plying the trade routes of the world. 24 They, too, ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. 25 He calls to the storm winds; the waves rise high. 26 ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ; ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ. 27 They reel and stagger like drunkards and are at their witโs end. 28 ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. 30 What a blessing is that stillness as he brings them safely into harbor! 31 ๐๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ! 32 ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. 33 He dries up rivers 34 and turns the good land of the wicked into deserts of salt. 35 Again, he turns deserts into fertile, watered valleys. 36 He brings the hungry to settle there and build their cities, 37 to sow their fields and plant their vineyards, and reap their bumper crops! 38 How he blesses them! They raise big families there and many cattle. 39 But ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ. 40 For God pours contempt upon the haughty and causes princes to wander among ruins; 41 ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. 42 Good men everywhere will see it and be glad, while evil men are stricken silent. 43 ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง, ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ -๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐!