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  • 1. Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
  • 2. Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,
  • 3. And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
  • 4. They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation;
  • 5. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them:
  • 6. Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses,
  • 7. And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
  • 8. Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
  • 9. For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.
  • 10. Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
  • 11. Because they had rebelled against the words of �God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...
  • 12. And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:
  • 13. Then they cried unto Jehovah 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 in sunder.
  • 15. Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
  • 16. For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.
  • 17. Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;
  • 18. Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:
  • 19. Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses;
  • 20. He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions.
  • 21. Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,
  • 22. And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.
  • 23. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
  • 24. These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
  • 25. For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:
  • 26. They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
  • 27. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:
  • 28. Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;
  • 29. He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:
  • 30. And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
  • 31. Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
  • 32. Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.
  • 33. He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;
  • 34. A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
  • 35. He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs;
  • 36. And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
  • 37. And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;
  • 38. And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
  • 39. And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:
  • 40. He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
  • 41. But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.
  • 42. The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.
  • 43. Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.