✧O 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! ✧9For 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.