- 1. ¶ O GIVE thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.
- 2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,
- 3. And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the islands in the sea.
- 4. They were lost in the wilderness in a place without water; they found not the right way to an inhabited town.
- 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. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to inhabited villages.
- 8. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men!
- 9. For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness,
- 10. ¶ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
- 11. Because they murmured against the words of God, and scorned the counsel of the most High;
- 12. Therefore he brought down their hearts with labor; they became weak and there was none to help.
- 13. Then they prayed 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 their bands asunder.
- 15. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men.
- 16. For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.
- 17. ¶ He helped them out of the way of their sins, he relieved them of their afflictions.
- 18. Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
- 19. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
- 20. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.
- 21. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him, for his mercies are upon the children of men!
- 22. Sacrifice to him the sacrifices of praise, and glorify him, O you, his servants, for his wonders.
- 23. ¶ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
- 24. These see the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep.
- 25. For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof.
- 26. They mount up to the sky; then they go down again to the depths; their soul is troubled within them.
- 27. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
- 28. Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble and he brings them out of their distresses.
- 29. He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
- 30. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.
- 31. Let the righteous of the LORD give thanks to him; for his mercies are upon the children of men.
- 32. Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
- 33. ¶ He turns rivers into a wilderness and the water-springs into dry ground,
- 34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
- 35. He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry land into watersprings.
- 36. And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may build villages and settle,
- 37. And sow the fields and plant vineyards, and eat of the fruits thereof.
- 38. He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease.
- 39. Again, they are diminished and humbled through oppression, affliction, and misery.
- 40. He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.
- 41. He strengthens the poor and he multiplies their families like a flock.
- 42. The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; and all the ungodly shall shut their mouths.
- 43. Whosoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
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