| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. |
| 2Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, | 2Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. |
| 3those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. | 3For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south. |
| 4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. | 4Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless. |
| 5They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. | 5Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died. |
| 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. | 6“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. |
| 7He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. | 7He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live. |
| 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, | 8Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 9for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. | 9For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. |
| 10Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains, | 10Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery. |
| 11because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the plans of the Most High. | 11They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High. |
| 12So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. | 12That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them. |
| 13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | 13“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. |
| 14He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains. | 14He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains. |
| 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, | 15Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 16for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron. | 16For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron. |
| 17Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. | 17Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins. |
| 18They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death. | 18They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door. |
| 19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | 19“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. |
| 20He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. | 20He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death. |
| 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. | 21Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 22Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy. | 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts. |
| 23Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters. | 23Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world. |
| 24They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep. | 24They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas. |
| 25For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves. | 25He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves. |
| 26They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away. | 26Their ships were tossed to the heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror. |
| 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits' end. | 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end. |
| 28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. | 28“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. |
| 29He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. | 29He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. |
| 30They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven. | 30What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor! |
| 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. | 31Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. |
| 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders. | 32Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation. |
| 33He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, | 33He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. |
| 34and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there. | 34He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there. |
| 35He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; | 35But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water. |
| 36there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle. | 36He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their cities. |
| 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; | 37They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops. |
| 38he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. | 38How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase. |
| 39Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; | 39When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, |
| 40he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste. | 40the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands. |
| 41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks. | 41But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep. |
| 42The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths. | 42The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent. |
| 43Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD. | 43Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD. |
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