Prayer Requests

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region;
They did not find a way to an inhabited city.
⁵ They were hungry and thirsty;
Their souls felt weak within them.
⁶ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
⁷ He also had them walk on a straight way,
To go to an inhabited city.
⁸ They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
⁹ For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And He has filled the hungry soul with what is good.

¹⁰ There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,
¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And rejected the plan of the Most High.
¹² Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was no one to help.
¹³ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death
And broke their bands apart.
¹⁵ They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
¹⁶ For He has shattered gates of bronze
And cut off bars of iron.

¹⁷ Fools, because of ^]their rebellious way,
And because of their guilty deeds, were afflicted.
¹⁸ Their souls loathed all kinds of food,
And they came close to the gates of death.
¹⁹ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distresses.
²⁰ He sent His word and healed them,
And saved them from their destruction.
²¹ They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
²² They shall also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And tell of His works with joyful singing.

²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
²⁴ They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.
²⁵ For He spoke and raised a stormy wind,
Which lifted the waves of the sea.
²⁶ They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul melted away in their misery.
²⁷ They reeled and staggered like a drunken person,
And were at their wits’ end.
²⁸ Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
²⁹ He caused the storm to be still,
So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
³⁰ Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired harbor.
³¹ They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy,
And for His ^]wonders to the sons of mankind!
³² They shall also exalt Him in the congregation of the people,
And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

³³ He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
³⁴ And a fruitful land into a salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
³⁵ He turns a ^]wilderness into a pool of water,
And a dry land into springs of water;
³⁶ And He has the hungry live there,
So that they may establish an inhabited city,
³⁷ And sow fields and plant vineyards,
And gather a fruitful harvest.
³⁸ He also blesses them and they multiply greatly,
And He does not let their cattle decrease.

³⁹ When they become few and lowly
Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,
⁴⁰ He pours contempt upon noblemen
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
⁴¹ But He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.
⁴² The upright see it and are glad;
But all injustice shuts its mouth.
⁴³ Who is wise? He is to pay attention to these things,
And consider the mercy of the Lord.