✧1O 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! ✧
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For 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.