## Psalms Chapter 107

###### Psalms 107:1
[Psalms 107:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:1)

הֹד֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good: for his steadfast love endures for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Give thanks to the L rd, for He is good; His lovingkindness endures forever."


###### Psalms 107:2
[Psalms 107:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:2)

יֹ֭אמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר גְּ֝אָלָ֗ם מִיַּד־צָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Thus] shall say the redeemed of the L rd, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the oppressor


###### Psalms 107:3
[Psalms 107:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:3)

וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and whom He has gathered from east and west, from the north and from [the isles of] the sea.


###### Psalms 107:4
[Psalms 107:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:4)

תָּע֣וּ בַ֭מִּדְבָּר בִּישִׁימ֣וֹן דָּ֑רֶךְ עִ֥יר מ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב לֹ֣א מָצָֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city to dwell in.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And thus shall say)] those who wandered in a desolate wilderness, not finding the way to a settled city,


###### Psalms 107:5
[Psalms 107:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:5)

רְעֵבִ֥ים גַּם־צְמֵאִ֑ים נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בָּהֶ֥ם תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hungry and thirsty, their souls enwrapped in them.


###### Psalms 107:6
[Psalms 107:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:6)

וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצ֥וּקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יַצִּילֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble; he delivered them out of their distresses.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they cried out to the L rd in their affliction; He rescued them from their toils.


###### Psalms 107:7
[Psalms 107:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:7)

וַֽ֭יַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֑ה לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת אֶל־עִ֥יר מוֹשָֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He led them in a straight path, going to a settled city.


###### Psalms 107:8
[Psalms 107:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:8)

יוֹד֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them praise the Lord for his steadfast love, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They shall thank the L rd for His lovingkindness and [relate] His wonders to the sons of men.


###### Psalms 107:9
[Psalms 107:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:9)

כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַ נֶ֣פֶשׁ שֹׁקֵקָ֑ה וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה מִלֵּא־טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he has satisfied the longing soul, and filled the hungry soul with goodness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He sated the lusting soul, and the famished soul He filled with good.


###### Psalms 107:10
[Psalms 107:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:10)

יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י וּבַרְזֶֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And thus shall say upon release from imprisonment)] the dwellers in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in fetters of affliction and in iron,


###### Psalms 107:11
[Psalms 107:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:11)

כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because they had rebelled against the words of God, and rejected the counsel of the most High:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
for having flouted the words of the Almighty and spurned the counsel of the Most High [(afflictions coming upon one only for having sinned)],


###### Psalms 107:12
[Psalms 107:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:12)

וַיַּכְנַ֣ע בֶּעָמָ֣ל לִבָּ֑ם כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ וְאֵ֣ין עֹזֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that He humbled their hearts in toil [until] they stumbled and were without help —


###### Psalms 107:13
[Psalms 107:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:13)

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֻ֥קוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and they cried out to the L rd in their affliction, and He rescued them from their toils.


###### Psalms 107:14
[Psalms 107:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:14)

י֭וֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם יְנַתֵּֽק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He releases them from darkness and the shadow of death, and He sunders their bonds.


###### Psalms 107:15
[Psalms 107:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:15)

יוֹד֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them praise the Lord for his steadfast love, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They shall thank the L rd for His lovingkindness and [relate] His wonders to the sons of men.


###### Psalms 107:16
[Psalms 107:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:16)

כִּי־שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He has broken the doors of brass and cleft the bolts of iron.


###### Psalms 107:17
[Psalms 107:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:17)

אֱ֭וִלִים מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּֽ֝מֵעֲוֺ֥נֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יִתְעַנּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The foolish were afflicted on account of their sinful way, and their iniquities.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And thus shall say)] wrongdoers, afflicted by their offenses and by their sins,


###### Psalms 107:18
[Psalms 107:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:18)

כׇּל־אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑ם וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד־שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their soul abhorred all manner of food; for they came near the gates of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
whose souls [(in their sickness)] despised all food, who reached the gates of death —


###### Psalms 107:19
[Psalms 107:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:19)

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֻ֥קוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they cried out to the L rd in their affliction, and He rescued them from their toils.


###### Psalms 107:20
[Psalms 107:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:20)

יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּ֭בָרוֹ וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑ם וִ֝ימַלֵּ֗ט מִשְּׁחִֽיתוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their destructions.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sends His word and He heals them, and He rescues them from their abysses.


###### Psalms 107:21
[Psalms 107:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:21)

יוֹד֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them praise the Lord for his steadfast love, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They shall thank the L rd for His lovingkindness and [relate] His wonders to the sons of men.


###### Psalms 107:22
[Psalms 107:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:22)

וְ֭יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵ֣י תוֹדָ֑ה וִיסַפְּר֖וּ מַעֲשָׂ֣יו בְּרִנָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they shall slaughter offerings of thanksgiving and tell of His deeds in song.


###### Psalms 107:23
[Psalms 107:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:23)

׆יוֹרְדֵ֣י הַ֭יָּם בׇּאֳנִיּ֑וֹת עֹשֵׂ֥י מְ֝לָאכָ֗ה בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And thus shall say)] those who go down to the sea in ships, who do labor on many waters.


###### Psalms 107:24
[Psalms 107:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:24)

׆הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו בִּמְצוּלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
these saw the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have seen the work of the L rd and His wonders in the deep.


###### Psalms 107:25
[Psalms 107:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:25)

׆וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וַֽ֭יַּעֲמֵד ר֣וּחַ סְעָרָ֑ה וַתְּרוֹמֵ֥ם גַּלָּֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He speaks and raises up a tempest, and it lifts its waves.


###### Psalms 107:26
[Psalms 107:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:26)

׆יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ תְהוֹמ֑וֹת נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּרָעָ֥ה תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They mount up to the sky, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted away because of trouble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They [the mariners] ascend to the skies; they descend to the depths. Their souls melt with ill.


###### Psalms 107:27
[Psalms 107:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:27)

׆יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכׇל־חׇ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They break and sway as a drunkard, all of their wisdom swallowed up.


###### Psalms 107:28
[Psalms 107:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:28)

׆וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וּֽ֝מִמְּצ֥וּקֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹצִיאֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They cry out to the L rd in their affliction, and He rescues them from their toils.


###### Psalms 107:29
[Psalms 107:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:29)

יָקֵ֣ם סְ֭עָרָה לִדְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sets back the tempest to silence, and their waves are stilled.


###### Psalms 107:30
[Psalms 107:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:30)

וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ כִֽי־יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ וַ֝יַּנְחֵ֗ם אֶל־מְח֥וֹז חֶפְצָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then are they glad because they are quiet; and he brings them to their desired haven.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they [the mariners] rejoice when they [the waves] are silenced, and He leads them to the bound of their desires.


###### Psalms 107:31
[Psalms 107:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:31)

יוֹד֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them praise the Lord for his steadfast love, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They shall thank the L rd for His lovingkindness and [relate] His wonders to the sons of men.


###### Psalms 107:32
[Psalms 107:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:32)

וִֽ֭ירוֹמְמוּהוּ בִּקְהַל־עָ֑ם וּבְמוֹשַׁ֖ב זְקֵנִ֣ים יְהַלְלֽוּהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they shall exalt Him in a congregation of people [(a quorum of ten)] and praise Him in the seat of the elders [i.e., two of the ten must be Torah scholars.]


###### Psalms 107:33
[Psalms 107:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:33)

יָשֵׂ֣ם נְהָר֣וֹת לְמִדְבָּ֑ר וּמֹצָ֥אֵי מַ֝֗יִם לְצִמָּאֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He turns rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into dry ground;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He renders rivers [i.e., the settlements of the idolators] wasteland, and water sources, parchedness.


###### Psalms 107:34
[Psalms 107:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:34)

אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי לִמְלֵחָ֑ה מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת י֣וֹשְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a fruitful land into barrenness, because of wickedness of those who dwell therein.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A fruitful land, salt-land — from the evil of the inhabitants therein.


###### Psalms 107:35
[Psalms 107:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:35)

יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַאֲגַם־מַ֑יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He turned the wilderness into a pool of water, and dry ground into watersprings.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He renders the wasteland a pool of water [i.e., He restores it]; dry land, water sources.


###### Psalms 107:36
[Psalms 107:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:36)

וַיּ֣וֹשֶׁב שָׁ֣ם רְעֵבִ֑ים וַ֝יְכוֹנְנ֗וּ עִ֣יר מוֹשָֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there he makes the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city for habitation;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He settles famished ones there, and they establish [it as] a settled city.


###### Psalms 107:37
[Psalms 107:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:37)

וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ שָׂ֭דוֹת וַיִּטְּע֣וּ כְרָמִ֑ים וַ֝יַּעֲשׂ֗וּ פְּרִ֣י תְבוּאָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they sow fields and they plant vineyards, and they [the vineyards and fields, respectively,] give forth fruit and produce.


###### Psalms 107:38
[Psalms 107:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:38)

וַיְבָרְכֵ֣ם וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּ֝בְהֶמְתָּ֗ם לֹ֣א יַמְעִֽיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and does not let their cattle decrease.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He blesses them, and they multiply greatly, and their kine do not dwindle.


###### Psalms 107:39
[Psalms 107:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:39)

וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
(And they [in the beginning] were reduced and bowed down in the constriction of trouble and sorrow.)


###### Psalms 107:40
[Psalms 107:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:40)

׆שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
he pours contempt upon nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He spills shame upon the stately and leads them in a void which is not a way.


###### Psalms 107:41
[Psalms 107:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:41)

וַיְשַׂגֵּ֣ב אֶבְי֣וֹן מֵע֑וֹנִי וַיָּ֥שֶׂם כַּ֝צֹּ֗אן מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes his families like a flock.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He lifts the pauper from poverty and he [the pauper] makes [his] families like flocks [in abundance].


###### Psalms 107:42
[Psalms 107:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:42)

יִרְא֣וּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְכׇל־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The just will see [this] and rejoice, and all [men of] wrong will close their mouths.


###### Psalms 107:43
[Psalms 107:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/107:43)

מִי־חָכָ֥ם וְיִשְׁמׇר־אֵ֑לֶּה וְ֝יִתְבּוֹנְנ֗וּ חַֽסְדֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whoever is wise, let them consider these things, and let them observe the loving acts of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To him who is wise and takes heed of this, the lovingkindnesses of the L rd will be manifest [(to their understanding)].