- 1. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
- 2. Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;
- 3. Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- 4. They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
- 5. Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
- 6. Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
- 7. Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.
- 8. Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
- 9. He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
- 10. Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
- 11. Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
- 12. So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.
- 13. Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.
- 14. He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
- 15. Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
- 16. The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.
- 17. Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
- 18. They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
- 19. Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
- 20. He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
- 21. Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
- 22. Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
- 23. Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
- 24. They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
- 25. For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.
- 26. The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.
- 27. They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
- 28. Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
- 29. He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
- 30. Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
- 31. Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
- 32. Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
- 33. He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;
- 34. He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
- 35. He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
- 36. And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
- 37. And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
- 38. He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
- 39. And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
- 40. He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
- 41. But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
- 42. The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
- 43. Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
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