- 1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 2Let the redeemed by the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
- 3And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- 4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
- 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
- 6Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
- 7he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
- 8Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
- 10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
- 11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
- 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
- 13Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
- 15Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 16For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.
- 17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
- 18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
- 19Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.
- 20He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
- 21Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- 22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
- 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;
- 24These see the Lord’s works, and his wonders in the deep.
- 25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
- 26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
- 27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
- 28Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
- 29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
- 30Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
- 31Let them praise the Lord for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men!
- 32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
- 33He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
- 34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
- 36There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
- 37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
- 38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
- 39Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
- 40He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
- 41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
- 42The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
- 43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the Lord.