NET Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

1Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

2Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary

3and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

3And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

4They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city.

5They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

5They were hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them.

6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.

7He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

7He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city.

8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!

9For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

9For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

10There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,

11because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

11Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

12So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

12Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help.

13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.

14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.

15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!

16For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

16For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder.

17They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

17Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

18They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

18Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.

19They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.

20He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

20He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.

21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!

22Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!

22Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.

23Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

23Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;

24They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.

24They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep.

25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

25For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

26They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery.

27They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

27They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end.

28They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

28Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.

29He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

29He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

30The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

30Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven.

31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!

32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

32Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

33He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

33He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

34A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

35As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

35He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;

36He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

36And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city,

37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

37And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest.

38He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

38Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.

39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

39When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, misery and sorrow,

40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

40He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

41Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

41But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.

42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

42The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

43Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the LORD's acts of loyal love!

43Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.

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