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¹ BOOK V O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;³ And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.⁶ Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.⁷ He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.⁸ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!⁹ For he satisfieth the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filleth with good.

¹⁰ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.¹³ Then they cried unto the LORD hi their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.¹⁵ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.¹⁹ Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their destructions.²¹ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

²³ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;²⁴ These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.²⁵ For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.²⁶ They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul melteth away because of trouble.²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.²⁸ Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.²⁹ He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.³⁰ Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.³¹ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

³³ He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;³⁴ A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.³⁵ He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation;³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get them fruits of increase.³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.³⁹ Again, they are minished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.⁴¹ Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.⁴² The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.⁴³ Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.