25. For he spoke and stirred up a tempestthat lifted high the waves.
26. They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;in their peril their courage melted away.
27. They reeled and staggered like drunkards;they were at their wits’ end.
28. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,and he brought them out of their distress.
29. He stilled the storm to a whisper;the waves of the sea were hushed.
30. They were glad when it grew calm,and he guided them to their desired haven.
31. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing loveand his wonderful deeds for mankind.
32. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the peopleand praise him in the council of the elders.
33. He turned rivers into a desert,flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34. and fruitful land into a salt waste,because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35. He turned the desert into pools of waterand the parched ground into flowing springs;
36. there he brought the hungry to live,and they founded a city where they could settle.
37. They sowed fields and planted vineyardsthat yielded a fruitful harvest;
38. he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,and he did not let their herds diminish.
39. Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbledby oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40. he who pours contempt on noblesmade them wander in a trackless waste.
41. But he lifted the needy out of their afflictionand increased their families like flocks.
42. The upright see and rejoice,but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43. Let the one who is wise heed these thingsand ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.