✧1O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. ✧2Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; ✧3And gathered them 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 solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. ✧5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. ✧6Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses. ✧7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. ✧8Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! ✧
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For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
✧10Such as sit 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 labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help.
✧13Then they cried unto 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 brake their bands in sunder.
✧15Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, 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 meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
✧19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.
✧20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions.
✧21Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
✧22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
✧23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
✧24These see the works of the LORD, 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 heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
✧27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
✧28Then they cry unto the LORD 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 be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
✧31Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
✧32Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
✧33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
✧34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
✧35He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
✧36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
✧37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
✧38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
✧39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
✧40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.
✧41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.
✧42The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
✧43Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.