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1 - O give thanks to the LORD, for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

2 - Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3 - And gathered them 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 solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

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 a city of habitation.

8 - Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 - For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10 - Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;

11 - Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned 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 the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.

14 - He brought them out of darkness and the shades of death, and broke their bands asunder.

15 - Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

16 - For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.

17 - Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

18 - Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death.

19 - Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, he saveth them out of their distresses.

20 - He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions.

21 - Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

22 - And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

23 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters;

24 - These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

25 - For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up its waves.

26 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

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 bringeth them out of their distresses.

29 - He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves [of the sea] are still.

30 - Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he bringeth them to their desired haven.

31 - Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to 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 turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground;

34 - A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.

35 - He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs.

36 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

37 - And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

38 - He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39 - Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

40 - He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.

41 - Yet he setteth the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

42 - The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 - Whoever [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.