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¹ Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

² Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,

³ And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

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 Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses,

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

⁸ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

⁹ For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.

¹⁰ Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; …

¹² And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

¹³ Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses;

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

¹⁵ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

¹⁷ Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;

¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

¹⁹ Then they cry unto Jehovah 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 Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,

²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.

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

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

²⁵ For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:

²⁶ They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

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

²⁸ Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;

²⁹ He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:

³⁰ And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

³¹ Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;

³² Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.

³³ He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;

³⁴ A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵ He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs;

³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;

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

³⁹ And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;

⁴¹ But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.

⁴² The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

⁴³ Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.