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1Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the 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 desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;

4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

5hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.

5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

6Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.

7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!

8Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,

10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

11for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

12So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.

12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart.

14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

15Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!

15Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

16For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.

16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

17Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

18they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered 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, and delivered them from their destruction.

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

21Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!

21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

23Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

24they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.

24These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

25For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;

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 drunken men and were at their wits’ end.

27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

28Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

29He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

30Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

31Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!

31Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

32Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

32Let them exalt him also 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 thirsty ground,

33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

34a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.

35He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

36And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;

36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

37they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.

37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

38By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.

38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

40he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

41but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.

41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

42The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast 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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