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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 no one 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 away their chains.

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.