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⁴ Some^(F1) wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.^(C1)5 They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed^(F1) within them.^(C1)6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he rescued them from their distress.^(C1)7 He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.^(C1)8 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(C1)9 For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.^(C1)

¹⁰ Others sat in darkness and gloom^(F1)—
prisoners in cruel chains^(C1)—¹¹ because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.^(C1)12 He broke their spirits^(F1) with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.^(C1)13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.^(C1)14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.^(C1)15 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(C1)16 For he has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.^(C1)

¹⁷ Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.^(C1)18 They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.^(C1)19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.^(C1)20 He sent his word and healed them;
he rescued them from the Pit.^(C1)21 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(C1)22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and announce his works with shouts of joy.^(C1)

²³ Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast water.^(C1)24 They saw the Lord’s works,
his wondrous works in the deep.^(C1)25 He spoke and raised a stormy wind
that stirred up the waves of the sea.^(F1)(C1)26 Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage^(F1) melting away in anguish,^(C1)27 they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and all their skill was useless.^(C1)28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.^(C1)29 He stilled the storm to a whisper,
and the waves of the sea^(F1) were hushed.^(C1)30 They rejoiced when the waves^(F1) grew quiet.
Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.^(C1)31 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.^(C1)32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.^(C1)

³³ He turns rivers into desert,
springs into thirsty ground,^(C1)34 and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.^(C1)35 He turns a desert into a pool,
dry land into springs.^(C1)36 He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.^(C1)37 They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.^(C1)38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;^(C1)
he does not let their livestock decrease.^(C2)

³⁹ When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,^(C1)40 he pours contempt on nobles^(C1)
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.^(C2)41 But he lifts the needy out of their suffering^(C1)
and makes their families multiply like flocks.^(C2)42 The upright see it and rejoice,^(C1)
and all injustice shuts its mouth.^(C2)

⁴³ Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things
and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.^(C1)