| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His gracious love exists forever. | 1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever. |
| 2Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it— those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy, | 2Let the redeemed of the LORD proclaim that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe |
| 3those whom he gathered from other lands— from the east, west, north, and south. | 3and has gathered them from the lands-- from the east and the west, from the north and the south. |
| 4They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live. | 4Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live. |
| 5Hungry and thirsty, their spirits failed. | 5They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them. |
| 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. | 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He rescued them from their distress. |
| 7He led them in a straight way to find a city where they could live. | 7He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live. |
| 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and his awesome deeds for mankind. | 8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. |
| 9He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good. | 9For He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things. |
| 10Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron, | 10Others sat in darkness and gloom-- prisoners in cruel chains-- |
| 11because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High. | 11because they rebelled against God's commands and despised the counsel of the Most High. |
| 12He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper. | 12He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. |
| 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he delivered them from their distress. | 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress. |
| 14And he brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death, shattering their chains. | 14He brought them out of darkness and gloom and broke their chains apart. |
| 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds to mankind. | 15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. |
| 16For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars. | 16For He has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars. |
| 17Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities. | 17Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their sins. |
| 18They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death. | 18They loathed all food and came near the gates of death. |
| 19Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from certain destruction. | 19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them from their distress. |
| 20He issued his command and healed them; he delivered them from their destruction. | 20He sent His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. |
| 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love, and for his awesome deeds for mankind. | 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. |
| 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy. | 22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and announce His works with shouts of joy. |
| 23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters, | 23Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast waters. |
| 24witnessed the works of the LORD— his awesome deeds in the ocean's depth. | 24They saw the LORD's works, His wonderful works in the deep. |
| 25He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge. | 25He spoke and raised a tempest that stirred up the waves of the sea. |
| 26The people ascended skyward and descended to the depths, their courage melting away in their peril. | 26Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths, their courage melting away in anguish, |
| 27They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless. | 27they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and all their skill was useless. |
| 28Yet when they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, the LORD brought them out of their distress. | 28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. |
| 29He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down. | 29He stilled the storm to a murmur, and the waves of the sea were hushed. |
| 30So they rejoiced that the waves became quiet, and he led them to their desired haven. | 30They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet. Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for. |
| 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for his gracious love and for his awesome deeds on behalf of mankind. | 31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. |
| 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the counsel of the elders. | 32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. |
| 33He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground, | 33He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, |
| 34and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants. | 34and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. |
| 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. | 35He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. |
| 36There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in. | 36He causes the hungry to settle there, and they establish a city where they can live. |
| 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a productive harvest. | 37They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. |
| 38Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle. | 38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their livestock decrease. |
| 39But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow. | 39When they are diminished and are humbled by cruel oppression and sorrow, |
| 40Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way. | 40He pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. |
| 41Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock. | 41But He lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families multiply like flocks. |
| 42The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut. | 42The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth. |
| 43Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD. | 43Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the LORD's acts of faithful love. |
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