O give
thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
02 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he
hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
03 And gathered them out of the lands, from the
east, and from the west, from the north, and from
the south.
04 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary
way; they found no city to dwell in.
05 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in
them.
06 Then they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he delivered them out of their
distresses.
07 And he led them forth by the right way, that
they might go to a city of habitation.
08 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
09 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and
filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of
God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with
labour; they fell down, and there was none to
help.
13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he saved them out of their
distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow
of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut
the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and
because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and
they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and
delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of
thanksgiving, and declare his works with
rejoicing.
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23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the Lord, and his
wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy
wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down
again to the depths: their soul is melted because
of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a
drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves
thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so
he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of
the people, and praise him in the assembly of the
elders.
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the
watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the
wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing
water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that
they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which
may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are
multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their
cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low
through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth
them to wander in the wilderness, where there is
no way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from
affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and
all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things,
even they shall understand the lovingkindness of
the Lord.
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