✧O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. ✧2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath 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 of habitation. ✧5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them. ✧6Then they cried unto Jehovah 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 of habitation. ✧8Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men! ✧9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good. ✧10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron, ✧11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High: ✧12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help. ✧13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses. ✧14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder. ✧15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men! ✧16For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder. ✧17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted. ✧18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death. ✧19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses. ✧20He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth [them] from their destructions. ✧21Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men! ✧22And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing. ✧23They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters; ✧24These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep. ✧25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof. ✧26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble. ✧27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end. ✧28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses. ✧29He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. ✧30Then are they glad because they are quiet; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven. ✧31Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to 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 turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground; ✧34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein. ✧35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings. ✧36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation, ✧37And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase. ✧38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. ✧39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. ✧40He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. ✧41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock. ✧42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth. ✧43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.