Thankfulness to God is something we should always be aware of in our lives. We should thank God constantly because He has saved us. The best thing we can do is offer God a faithful and obedient life. This Psalm was written to celebrate the return of the Jews' from their exile in Babylon. God saved them and made a way for them to return back to their homeland.

Psalm 107 verses 1 - 9 and verses 17 - 22

1. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.

2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this - those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

3. those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

4. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.

5. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.

6. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

7. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.

8. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,

9. for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. (Skip down to verse 17)

17. Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.

18. They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.

19. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

20. He sent forth his WORD and HEALED them; he rescued them from the grave.

21. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wornderful deeds for men.

22. Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his woks with songs of joy.