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| 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His gracious love exists forever. | 1Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! |
| 2Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it— those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy, | 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble |
| 3those whom he gathered from other lands— from the east, west, north, and south. | 3and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. |
| 4They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live. | 4Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; |
| 5Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed. | 5hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. |
| 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. | 6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. |
| 7He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live. | 7He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in. |
| 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind. | 8Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! |
| 9He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good. | 9For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. |
| 10Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron, | 10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons, |
| 11because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High. | 11for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. |
| 12He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper. | 12So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help. |
| 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he delivered them from their distress. | 13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. |
| 14And he brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death, shattering their chains. | 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. |
| 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds to mankind. | 15Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! |
| 16For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars. | 16For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron. |
| 17Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities. | 17Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction; |
| 18They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death. | 18they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. |
| 19Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from certain destruction. | 19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. |
| 20He issued his command and healed them; he delivered them from their destruction. | 20He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. |
| 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds for mankind. | 21Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! |
| 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy. | 22And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy! |
| 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters, | 23Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; |
| 24witnessed the works of the LORD— his awesome deeds in the ocean's depth. | 24they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep. |
| 25He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge. | 25For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. |
| 26The people ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage melting away in their peril. | 26They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight; |
| 27They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless. | 27they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits’ end. |
| 28Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, the LORD brought them out of their distress. | 28Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. |
| 29He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down. | 29He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. |
| 30So they rejoiced that the waves became quiet, and he led them to their desired haven. | 30Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven. |
| 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind. | 31Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! |
| 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the counsel of the elders. | 32Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. |
| 33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground, | 33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, |
| 34and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants. | 34a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants. |
| 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. | 35He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. |
| 36There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in. | 36And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in; |
| 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a productive harvest. | 37they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield. |
| 38Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle. | 38By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish. |
| 39But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow. | 39When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow, |
| 40Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way. | 40he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; |
| 41Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock. | 41but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks. |
| 42The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut. | 42The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth. |
| 43Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD. | 43Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD. |
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