Psalm 107Psalm 108Romans 8.1-17Psalm 107
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O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters
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Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
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They were wandering in the waste places they saw no way to a resting-place.
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Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
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Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles
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Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.
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Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
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He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
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Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron
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Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
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So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief they were falling, and had no helper.
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Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
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He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
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Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
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The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
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Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled
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They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
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Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
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He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
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Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
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Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters
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They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
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For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
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The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep their souls are wasted because of their trouble.
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They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
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Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
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He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
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Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
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Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
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Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
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He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land
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He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
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He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
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And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town
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And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
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He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
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And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
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He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
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But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
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The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
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Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
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Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song.
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I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples I will make melody to you among the nations.
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For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.
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Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens let your glory be over all the earth.
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Let your right hand be stretched out for salvation, and give me an answer, so that your loved ones may be safe from danger.
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This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth.
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Gilead is mine Manasseh is mine Ephraim is the strength of my head Judah is my law-giver
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Moab is my washpot on Edom is the resting-place of my shoe over Philistia will I send out a glad cry.
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Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?
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Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go not out with our armies.
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Give us help in our trouble for there is no help in man.
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With God we will do great things for by him will our haters be crushed underfoot.
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For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
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For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
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So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.
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For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.
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For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
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Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
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So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.
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You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.
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And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
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But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
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So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:
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For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
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And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
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For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
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The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
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And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage a part in the things of God, together with Christ so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
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