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- 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 2 Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
- 3 and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
- 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
- 6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
- 7 He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
- 8 Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- 9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
- 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
- 11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
- 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
- 13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
- 15 Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
- 17 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
- 18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
- 19 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
- 20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
- 21 Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- 22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
- 23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
- 24 these see the LORD’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
- 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
- 26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
- 27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
- 28 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
- 29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
- 30 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
- 31 Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
- 32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
- 33 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
- 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- 35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
- 36 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
- 37 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
- 38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
- 39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
- 40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
- 41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
- 42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
- 43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.