he gates of death.

106:19. And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered
them out of their distresses.

106:20. He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their
destructions.

106:21. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful
works to the children of men.

106:22. And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his
works with joy.

106:23. They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the
great waters:

106:24. These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the
deep.

106:25. He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves
thereof were lifted up.

106:26. They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths:
their soul pined away with evils.

106:27. They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their
wisdom was swallowed up.

106:28. And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought
them out of their distresses.

106:29. And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

106:30. And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them
to the haven which they wished for.

106:31. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful
works to the children of men.

106:32. And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise
him in the chair of the ancients.

106:33. He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of
waters into dry ground:

106:34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.

106:35. He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry land
into water springs.

106:36. And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their
habitation.

106:37. Anti they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded
fruit of birth.

106:38. And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and
their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

106:39. Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted
through the trouble of evils and sorrow.

106:40. Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them
to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.

106:41. And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families
like a flock of sheep.

106:42. The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall
stop her mouth.

106:43. Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the
mercie