Psalm 107

David J. Diephouse, 1985

1. “Thanks be to God our Saviour,”
   Let his redeemed ones say.
   “He shows us boundless favor;
   His love is sure each day.”
   From earth’s remotest lands
   A chosen folk he raises,
   Ransomed from tyrants’ hands;
   Join now to sound his praises.
   
2. Strangers without a city,
   Some roamed the wilderness,
   Finding no food or pity,
   No hope in their distress.
   Then, when they sought God’s name,
   He made their pathways flourish.
   Bless him, his love proclaim:
   The hungry he will nourish.
   
3. Some groaned in bitter anguish,
   Foes of the Most High’s claims,
   Helpless, condemned to languish,
   Captives in iron chains.
   Then, when they sought God’s name,
   He loosened all their fetters.
   Bless him, his love proclaim:
   The prison bars he shatters.
   
4. Slaves to profane ambition,
   By evil led astray,
   Some learned to know affliction,
   Suffered, and pined away.
   Then, when they sought God’s name,
   He brought them restoration.
   Bless him, his love proclaim;
   Bring thanks and adoration.
   
5. Storms thundered forth his power
   To those who sailed the seas.
   Winds lashed them hour by hour;
   Waves dashed them to their knees.
   Then, when they sought God’s name,
   He calmed the raging weather.
   Bless him, his love proclaim
   Where all his people gather.
   
6. His word brings desolation
   Where evil deeds abound,
   But for his faithful nation
   Springs flow from barren ground.
   Bounty he sends the meek;
   The mighty prince he plunders.
   His loving-kindness seek;
   Consider all his wonders.