Book V
Psalms 107–150
Psalm 107
1Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good.
His faithful love continues forever.
2Let those who have been set free by the Lord tell their story.
He set them free from the power of the enemy.
3He brought them back from other lands.
He brought them back from east and west, from north and south.
4Some of them wandered in deserts that were dry and empty.
They couldn’t find a city where they could make their homes.
5They were hungry and thirsty.
Their lives were slipping away.
6Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems.
And he saved them from their troubles.
7He led them straight
to a city where they could make their homes.
8Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love.
Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.
9He gives those who are thirsty all the water they want.
He gives those who are hungry all the good food they can eat.
10Others lived in the deepest darkness.
They suffered as prisoners in iron chains.
11That’s because they hadn’t obeyed the commands of God.
They had refused to follow the plans of the Most High God.
12So he made them do work that was hard and bitter.
They tripped and fell, and there was no one to help them.
13Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems.
And he saved them from their troubles.
14He brought them out of the deepest darkness.
He broke their chains off.
15Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love.
Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.
16He breaks down gates that are made of bronze.
He cuts through bars that are made of iron.
17Others were foolish. They suffered because of their sins.
They suffered because they wouldn’t obey the Lord.
18They refused to eat anything.
They came close to passing through the gates of death.
19Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems.
And he saved them from their troubles.
20He gave his command and healed them.
He saved them from the grave.
21Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love.
Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.
22Let them sacrifice thank offerings.
Let them talk about what he has done as they sing with joy.
23Some people sailed out on the ocean in ships.
They traded goods on the mighty waters.
24They saw the works of the Lord.
They saw the wonderful deeds he did on the ocean.
25He spoke and stirred up a storm.
It lifted the waves high.
26They rose up to the heavens. Then they went down deep into the ocean.
In that kind of danger the people’s boldness melted away.
27They were unsteady like people who have become drunk.
They didn’t know what to do.
28Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems.
And he brought them out of their troubles.
29He made the storm as quiet as a whisper.
The waves of the ocean calmed down.
30The people were glad when the ocean became calm.
Then he guided them to the harbor they were looking for.
31Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love.
Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.
32Let them honor him among his people who gather for worship.
Let them praise him in the meeting of the elders.
33He turned rivers into a desert.
He turned flowing springs into thirsty ground.
34He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow.
He did it because the people who lived there were evil.
35He turned the desert into pools of water.
He turned the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs.
36He brought hungry people there to live.
They built a city where they could make their homes.
37They planted fields and vineyards
that produced large crops.
38He blessed the people, and they greatly increased their numbers.
He kept their herds from getting smaller.
39Then the number of God’s people got smaller.
They were made humble by trouble, suffering and sorrow.
40The God who looks down on proud nobles
made them wander in a desert where no one lives.
41But he lifted needy people out of their suffering.
He made their families increase like flocks of sheep.
42Honest people see it and are filled with joy.
But no one who is evil has anything to say.
43Let those who are wise pay attention to these things.
Let them think about the loving deeds of the Lord.
EKITABO V
Zabbuli 107–150
Zabbuli 107
1107:1 Zab 106:1Mwebaze Mukama, kubanga mulungi;
okwagala kwe kubeerera emirembe gyonna.
2107:2 Zab 106:10Kale abanunule ba Mukama boogere bwe batyo;
abo be yanunula mu mikono gy’abalabe;
3107:3 Zab 106:47; Is 43:5-6abo be yakuŋŋaanya mu mawanga; okuva Ebugwanjuba n’Ebuvanjuba,
n’okuva obukiikakkono ne mu bukiikaddyo.
4107:4 Kbl 14:33; 32:13Abamu baataataaganira mu malungu
nga babuliddwa ekkubo eribatwala ku kibuga gye banaabeeranga.
5Baalumwa ennyonta n’enjala,
obulamu bwabwe ne butandika okusereba.
6107:6 Zab 50:15Bwe batyo ne bakaabira Mukama nga bali mu kabi;
n’abawonya mu kweraliikirira kwabwe.
7107:7 Ezr 8:21Yabakulembera butereevu
n’abatuusa mu kibuga mwe baabeera.
8Kale singa beebazanga Mukama olw’okwagala kwe okutaggwaawo,
n’olw’eby’ekitalo by’akolera abaana b’abantu!
9107:9 a Zab 22:26; Luk 1:53 b Zab 34:10Kubanga abalina ennyonta abanywesa,
n’abayala abakkusa ebirungi.
10107:10 a Luk 1:79 b Yob 36:8Abamu baatuulanga mu kizikiza ne mu kisiikirize eky’okufa;
abasibiddwa mu byuma era abali mu nnaku ennyingi;
11107:11 a Zab 106:7; Kgb 3:42 b 2By 36:16kubanga baajeemera ekigambo kya Katonda,
ne banyoomoola amagezi g’oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo.
12107:12 Zab 22:11Baakozesebwa emirimu egy’amaanyi, emitima gyabwe ne gijjula obuyinike;
baagwanga wansi, naye nga tebalina abasitulawo.
13Bwe batyo ne bakaabirira Mukama nga bali mu bizibu byabwe,
era n’abawonya;
14107:14 Zab 116:16; Luk 13:16; Bik 12:7n’abaggya mu kizikiza ne mu kisiikirize eky’okufa;
n’enjegere ezaali zibasibye n’azikutula.
15Kale singa beebazanga Mukama olw’okwagala kwe okutaggwaawo,
n’olwebikolwa bye eby’ekitalo by’akolera abaana b’abantu!
16Kubanga enzigi ez’ebikomo azaasaayasa,
n’emitayimbwa egy’ekyuma agimenyamu.
17107:17 Is 65:6-7; Kgb 3:39Abamu baafuuka basirusiru olw’obujeemu bwabwe;
ne babonaabona olw’ebikolwa byabwe ebibi.
18107:18 a Yob 33:20 b Yob 33:22; Zab 9:13; 88:3Ne batamwa emmere yonna, ne babulako katono ddala okufa.
19Bwe batyo ne bakaabirira Mukama nga bali mu buzibu obwo,
n’abawonya.
20107:20 a Mat 8:8 b Zab 103:3 c Yob 33:28 d Zab 30:3; 49:15Yabatumira ekigambo kye, n’awonya endwadde zaabwe;
n’abalokola mu kuzikirira.
21Kale singa beebazanga Mukama olw’okwagala kwe okutaggwaawo,
n’olw’ebikolwa bye eby’ekyewuunyo by’akolera abaana b’abantu!
22107:22 a Lv 7:12; Zab 50:14; 116:17 b Zab 9:11; 73:28; 118:17Bamuleeterenga ebiweebwayo eby’okwebaza,
era batendenga ebikolwa bye n’ennyimba ez’essanyu.
23Abalala baasaabalira mu maato ku nnyanja;
baali basuubuzi b’oku gayanja aganene.
24Baalaba Mukama bye yakola,
ebikolwa bye eby’ekitalo mu buziba bw’ennyanja.
25107:25 a Zab 105:31 b Yon 1:4 c Zab 93:3Kubanga yalagira omuyaga
ne gusitula amayengo waggulu.
26107:26 Zab 22:14Ne gagulumira okutuuka ku ggulu, ate ne gakka wansi mu ddubi;
akabenje ne kabayitirira, ne baggwaamu amaanyi.
27Ne beesunda, eruuyi n’eruuyi ne baba ng’omutamiivu atagala;
n’amagezi ne gabaggwaako.
28Bwe batyo ne bakaabira Mukama nga bali mu buzibu;
n’abawonya mu kweraliikirira kwabwe.
29107:29 a Mat 8:26 b Zab 89:9Omuyaga yagusirisa,
ennyanja n’etteeka.
30Ne bajjula essanyu kubanga ennyanja yateeka;
n’abakulembera n’abatuusa bulungi ku mwalo gwabwe.
31Kale singa abantu beebazanga Mukama olw’okwagala kwe okutaggwaawo,
n’olw’ebikolwa bye eby’ekyewuunyo by’akolera abaana b’abantu!
32107:32 Zab 22:22, 25; 35:18Bamugulumizenga ng’abantu bakuŋŋaanye,
era bamutenderezenga mu lukiiko lw’abakulu.
33107:33 1Bk 17:1; Zab 74:15Afuula emigga amalungu,
n’emikutu gy’amazzi ne giba ng’ettaka ekkalu,
34107:34 Lub 13:10; 14:3; 19:25ensi engimu n’agifuula olukoola olw’olunnyo
olw’obwonoonyi bw’abantu baamu.
35107:35 Zab 114:8; Is 41:18Eddungu yalijjuza ebidiba by’amazzi,
n’ensi enkalu n’agikulukusizaamu amazzi,
36abalina enjala n’abateeka omwo,
ne beezimbira ekibuga eky’okubeeramu,
37107:37 Is 65:21ennimiro zaabwe ne bazisigamu emmere, ne basimba emizabbibu,
ne bakungula ebibala bingi.
38107:38 Lub 12:2; 17:16, 20; Kuv 1:7Yabawa omukisa gwe, ne beeyongera obungi;
n’ebisibo byabwe n’atabiganya kukendeera.
39107:39 2Bk 10:32; Ez 5:12Ate ne bakendeera obungi, ne bakkakkanyizibwa
olw’okujeezebwa, n’okujoogebwa n’okulaba ennaku;
40107:40 a Yob 12:21 b Yob 12:24oyo anyooma n’abakungu,
n’ababungeetanyiza mu lukoola omutali kantu.
41107:41 1Sa 2:8; Zab 113:7-9Naye abaali mu kwetaaga yabamalako ennaku n’okubonaabona,
n’ayaza ezzadde lyabwe ng’ebisibo.
42107:42 a Yob 22:19 b Yob 5:16; Zab 63:11; Bar 3:19Abagolokofu, bino babiraba ne basanyuka;
naye abakola ebibi bo basirika busirisi.
43107:43 a Yer 9:12; Kos 14:9 b Zab 64:9Abalina amagezi bonna, bagondere ebigambo bino
era bategeere okwagala kwa Mukama okutaggwaawo.
