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¹ Praise the Lorde, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.² Let them, which haue bene redeemed of the Lord, shewe how he hath deliuered them from the hand of the oppressour,³ And gathered them out of the lands, from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South.⁴ When they wandered in the desert and wildernesse out of the waie, and founde no citie to dwell in,⁵ Both hungrie and thirstie, their soule fainted in them.⁶ Then they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble, & he deliuered them from their distresse,⁷ And led them forth by the right way, that they might goe to a citie of habitation.⁸ Let them therefore confesse before ye Lorde his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.⁹ For he satisfied the thirstie soule, and filled the hungrie soule with goodnesse.

¹⁰ They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,¹¹ Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lorde, and despised the counsell of the most High,¹² When he humbled their heart with heauines, then they fell downe and there was no helper.¹³ Then they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble, & he deliuered them from their distresse.¹⁴ He brought them out of darkenes, and out of the shadowe of death, and brake their bandes asunder.¹⁵ Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.¹⁶ For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.

¹⁷ Fooles by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted.¹⁸ Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore.¹⁹ Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuereth them from their distresse.²⁰ He sendeth his worde and healeth them, and deliuereth them from their graues.²¹ Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, & his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men,²² And let them offer sacrifices of praise, and declare his workes with reioycing.

²³ They that goe downe to the sea in ships, and occupie by the great waters,²⁴ They see the woorkes of the Lorde, and his wonders in the deepe.²⁵ For he commaundeth and raiseth the stormie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues thereof.²⁶ They mount vp to the heauen, and descend to ye deepe, so yt their soule melteth for trouble.²⁷ They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.²⁸ Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresse.²⁹ He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.³⁰ When they are quieted, they are glad, and hee bringeth them vnto the hauen, where they would be.³¹ Let them therfore confesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.³² And let them exalt him in the Congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the Elders.

³³ He turneth the floodes into a wildernesse, and the springs of waters into drinesse,³⁴ And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.³⁵ Againe hee turneth the wildernesse into pooles of water, and the drie lande into water springs.³⁶ And there he placeth the hungrie, and they builde a citie to dwell in,³⁷ And sowe the fieldes, and plant vineyardes, which bring foorth fruitfull increase.³⁸ For he blesseth them, & they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.³⁹ Againe men are diminished, and brought lowe by oppression, euill and sorowe.⁴⁰ He powreth cotempt vpon princes, & causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.⁴¹ Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.⁴² The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.⁴³ Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.