CALL TO WORSHIP

Psalm 107:1-15

[1] Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
  for his steadfast love endures forever!
[2] Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
  whom he has 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 a city to dwell in;
[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
  till they reached a city to dwell in.
[8] Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
  for his wondrous works to the children of man!
[9] For he satisfies the longing soul,
  and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

[10] Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
  prisoners in affliction and in irons,
[11] for they had rebelled against the words of God,
  and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
[12] So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
  they fell down, with none to help.
[13] Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
  and he delivered them from their distress.
[14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
  and burst their bonds apart.
[15] Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
  for his wondrous works to the children of man!