then you called out

Psalm 107 (some of it)

1Oh, thank GOD-he's so good! His love never runs out.

2All of you set free by GOD, tell the world!

Tell how he freed you from oppression,

3Then rounded you up from all over the place,

from the four winds, from the seven seas.


4Some of you wandered for years in the desert,

looking but not finding a good place to live,

5Half-starved and parched with thirst,

staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion.

6Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to GOD.

He got you out in the nick of time;

7He put your feet on a wonderful road

that took you straight to a good place to live.

8So thank GOD for his marvelous love,

for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.

9He poured great draughts of water down parched throats;

the starved and hungry got plenty to eat.


10Some of you were locked in a dark cell,

cruelly confined behind bars,

11Punished for defying God's Word,

for turning your back on the High God's counsel--

12A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy,

and not a soul in sight to help.

13Then you called out to GOD in your desperate condition;

he got you out in the nick of time.

14He led you out of your dark, dark cell,

broke open the jail and led you out.

15So thank GOD for his marvelous love,

for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;

16He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors,

he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!



17Some of you were sick because you'd lived a bad life,

your bodies feeling the effects of your sin;

18You couldn't stand the sight of food,

so miserable you thought you'd be better off dead.

19Then you called out to GOD in your desperate condition;

he got you out in the nick of time.

20He spoke the word that healed you,

that pulled you back from the brink of death.

21So thank GOD for his marvelous love,

for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;

22Offer thanksgiving sacrifices,

tell the world what he's done--sing it out!