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1Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His gracious love exists forever. |
2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, | 2Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it— those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy, |
3And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. | 3those whom he gathered from other lands— from the east, west, north, and south. |
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in. | 4They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live. |
5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them. | 5Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed. |
6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses. | 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. |
7And He led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city for a dwelling place. | 7He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live. |
8Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! | 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind. |
9For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness. | 9He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good. |
10Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons— | 10Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron, |
11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High, | 11because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High. |
12Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help. | 12He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper. |
13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. | 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he delivered them from their distress. |
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their chains in pieces. | 14And he brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death, shattering their chains. |
15Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! | 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds to mankind. |
16For He has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in two. | 16For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars. |
17Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. | 17Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities. |
18Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. | 18They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death. |
19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. | 19Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from certain destruction. |
20He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. | 20He issued his command and healed them; he delivered them from their destruction. |
21Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! | 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds for mankind. |
22Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing. | 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy. |
23Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters, | 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters, |
24They see the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep. | 24witnessed the works of the LORD— his awesome deeds in the ocean's depth. |
25For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea. | 25He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge. |
26They mount up to the heavens, They go down again to the depths; Their soul melts because of trouble. | 26The people ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage melting away in their peril. |
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end. | 27They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless. |
28Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. | 28Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, the LORD brought them out of their distress. |
29He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. | 29He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down. |
30Then they are glad because they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven. | 30So they rejoiced that the waves became quiet, and he led them to their desired haven. |
31Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! | 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind. |
32Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him in the company of the elders. | 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the counsel of the elders. |
33He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground; | 33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground, |
34A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it. | 34and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants. |
35He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings. | 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. |
36There He makes the hungry dwell, That they may establish a city for a dwelling place, | 36There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in. |
37And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest. | 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a productive harvest. |
38He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease. | 38Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle. |
39When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow, | 39But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow. |
40He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way; | 40Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way. |
41Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock. | 41Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock. |
42The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth. | 42The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut. |
43Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. | 43Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD. |
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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