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  • 1. Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • 2. Let the redeemed by Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works 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 none to help.
  • 13. Then they cried to Yahweh 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 bonds in sunder.
  • 15. Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • 16. For he has broken the gates of brass, 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 Yahweh in their trouble, 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 Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • 22. Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
  • 23. Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;
  • 24. These see Yahweh's works, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works 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 Yahweh.