✧1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ✧2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy ✧3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. ✧4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. ✧5They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. ✧6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. ✧7He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. ✧8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. ✧9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
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✧10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
✧11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
✧12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
✧13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
✧14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
✧15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
✧16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
✧17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
✧18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
✧19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
✧20He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
✧21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
✧22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
✧23Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
✧24They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
✧25For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
✧26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
✧27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
✧28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
✧29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
✧30They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
✧31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
✧32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.
✧33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
✧34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
✧35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
✧36He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
✧37They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
✧38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
✧39When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
✧40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
✧41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
✧42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
✧43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.