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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.