New Living Translation | King James Bible |
1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. | 1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
2Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. | 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; |
3For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south. | 3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. |
4Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless. | 4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. |
5Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died. | 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
6“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. | 6Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. |
7He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live. | 7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. |
8Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. | 8Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
9For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. | 9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. |
10Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery. | 10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; |
11They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the counsel of the Most High. | 11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: |
12That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them. | 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. |
13“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | 13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. |
14He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains. | 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. |
15Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. | 15Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
16For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron. | 16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. |
17Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins. | 17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. |
18They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door. | 18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. |
19“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | 19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. |
20He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death. | 20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. |
21Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. | 21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts. | 22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. |
23Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world. | 23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; |
24They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action, his impressive works on the deepest seas. | 24These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. |
25He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves. | 25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. |
26Their ships were tossed to the heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror. | 26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. |
27They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end. | 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. |
28“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. | 28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. |
29He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. | 29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. |
30What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor! | 30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. |
31Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. | 31Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
32Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation. | 32Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. |
33He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. | 33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; |
34He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there. | 34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. |
35But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water. | 35He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. |
36He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their cities. | 36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; |
37They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops. | 37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. |
38How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase. | 38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
39When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, | 39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. |
40the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands. | 40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. |
41But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep. | 41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. |
42The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent. | 42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. |
43Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD. | 43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. |
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