A Summer of Psalms

Psalm 107:1-9


1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
   for his steadfast love endures for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
   those he redeemed from trouble
3 and gathered in from the lands,
   from the east and from the west,
   from the north and from the south.*


4 Some wandered in desert wastes,
   finding no way to an inhabited town;
5 hungry and thirsty,
   their soul fainted within them.
6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
   and he delivered them from their distress;
7 he led them by a straight way,
   until they reached an inhabited town.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
   for his wonderful works to humankind.
9 For he satisfies the thirsty,
   and the hungry he fills with good things.



Clockwise from top: The Great Psalms Scroll from Qumran (1stc.); Cathach of St. Columbia Psalter (Ireland, 7th c.); Vespasian Psalter (England, 8th c.); Ps 27 from the Utrecht Psalter (Netherlands, 9th c.); Ps 89 from the Genevan Psalter (16th c.); Kiev Psalter (14thc.).